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This week we continue Chris’s conversations into the Nervous System. In conversations one and two of this series, the focus has been with experts in nervous system regulation in Irene Lyons and Dominik Koch. Both of whom Chris has worked with and learned from in his own explorations and practices in NS regulation, and understanding the way in which his body has processed injuries and events throughout his life.
Whilst speaking to the experts is great, it only gets us part of the way there. Hearing other experiences of those who have been on the journey is also invaluable in understanding and making sense of the process, what is arising and how others are responding. And it was with this spirit Chris spoke to our next guest who kindly responded to sharing her thoughts and ideas on the Nervous System from personal experience to practical experience in her projects and businesses. Kate Kavanaugh is a butcher, regenerative farmer, nutritionist and walker, founder of Western Daughters butchers @westerdaughters alongside the Mind, Body and Soil podcast.
The conversation follows two trains of thought, the personal experiences of discovering and regulating the Nervous System and the second, the intertwined relationship of our selves, the food we eat and the land we inhabit as it relates to the Nervous system.
Kate explores this further on her instagram @kate_kavanaugh and in her podcast Mind, Body and Soil.
Thanks for listening, from Chris and me. Peace.
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Instagram - @Kate_kavanaugh
Western Daughers Instagram - @westerndaughters
Mind, Body and Soil podcast
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The next episode in our exploration of the nervous system, this week Chris talks Dom Koch, one of the practitioners we have worked with for many years, about how the nervous system is the governing body for our movements, but when it feels unsafe or from past experiences, it might reduce the number of options available to the body.
The body is always giving you the truth, telling you where you are at. How we respond to that truth is crucial in moving forward.
Do you force yourself to move or do you let your body move into place? Allowing our bodies to move, the body will more likely move in the way you want it to. Forcing anything, never really works.
There is no right or wrong in movement but there are options, many of which might be forgotten, ignored, shut off from due to pain, memory, past experience
Your body will use what it has and deems safe, but it might not be the most efficient. If there is then pain then it creates limitations on how the body can move and in turn how we feel in space, in the environment around us.
Dom’s work is a mirror to remind the users body of movement options and in turn show the body that it has nothing to fear in how it moves and if it feels safe to do so.
Your body will move better when the nervous system feels safe, efficient and energy conserving to do that. He tries to get what is missing, much like the map in the brain that has been smudged and we can’t quite see the path forwards. His work reminds our brains of the paths the body can travel, opening us up to greater ranges of movement and awareness.
He’s a bit of a wizard in our opinion, whether you have long standing pain in movement, or just feel like life is not quite flowing, his skills might just be what is required to get movement and life on a forward path again.
Enjoy the pod, have a listen and remember to share it with someone you feel might get something from it.
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The weMove podcast is getting in to the Nervous System, what it is, what it does for us and how we can relearn how we communicate with it to take us from a place of fight, flight, freeze, fawn to a more regulated alert and healthy state giving us back the power to experience life and movement.
We have heard the phrase Nervous System many times and trauma equally as much. The last few years the word trauma has become increasingly used and focussed on. However we have felt being stuck in this place of trauma contemplation was not the place to be, nor was covering our past with experiences that took us away from what we were feeling, be that ice baths, breathing practices, daily training, ointments and potions. None of which are wrong but our bodies tell us what the problem is through these sensations that if we numb them, we cannot feel. And if we cannot feel, then we cannot heal.
Our guest @irenelyon Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date, her online programs and classes have reached over 9,500 people in over 90 countries. Irene has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for all of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing) and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice). Irene spends her free time eating delicious food, hiking in the mountains or walking along the Pacific Ocean in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Enjoy the show and share the episode with one person who you feel will benefit. Peace from Chris and me (James!)
Website - https://irenelyon.com/
Instagram - @irenelyon
21 Day Nervous System Tune Up / Smart Body, Smart Mind - https://irenelyon.com/programs/
Moshé Feldenkrais - https://feldenkrais.com/
Peter Levine - https://www.somaticexperiencing.com
Kathy Kain - https://somaticpractice.net/
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This episode revisits our farming series ran a few months ago as since then Chris has been documenting in film the farmers and the relationships the farmers have with the land and most importantly the animals on the land.
This podcast directly accompanies Chris’s film The Dairy Farmer, hearing how Sophie Gregory became a dairy farmer, her relationship with farming as a business and it’s direct connection to the health of humans.
There are many levels to the phrase “we are what we eat”, but we literally are because what we eat, becomes our flesh and blood. It nourishes us with it’s nutrition for good and bad (in direct correlation with the lifestyle the animal/crop has led, think pasture raised cattle who live on the land versus antibiotic filled, synthetic food eating cattle, kept in conditions less than optimal for their health, let alone ours)
Eating well is the same process for the food that feeds us, and eating for our health and vitality becomes a simple process when we understand that minimally processed natural food sources that have been raised and grown in conditions which support the land and them, provides the most nutrient dense positive nourishment for mind and body.
As Sophie says in the film, “healthy soil, healthy animal, healthy milk/food, healthy human”. It is a simple connected wheel, one that does require us to be aware and mindful of what, where and how our food is raised/grown/produced.
You can watch the film on weMove.world, or click the link in our instagram bio.
Thanks to Chris as always for making these films, up and out whatever the weather to capture the moments and share the stories of the people and animals who provide our food.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. It has been a while.
This week's episode is with Ben Massey, the founder, and creator of RAD Global, the new upcoming brand in the fitness and training space. A hybrid of CrossFit, streetwear, and action sports.
An interesting mix of worlds but authenticated by Ben’s history in the elite training and Crossfit space, having competed at the Crossfit Games a couple of times. A goal of Ben’s since he discovered the sport.
It was the feeling after competing at the Games that sewed the seeds for RAD, with Ben wanting to create something more, something that gives back and inspires, and a brand seemed like the way to do it.
No easy feat to start with shoes, they require significant investment to create something that comes up against the big 5 shoe brands and the many after. So, you sell your gym and double down on creating something that can stand alongside the big players.
And that is what Ben did, from having the idea to tracking down the designer of the shoe in Portland and the brand design team in the UK, he has set about creating RAD and it without a doubt caught my eye. In a world of increasing brands, it was the energy of RAD that stood out. It felt like I wanted them and to train in them. What caught my eye is that it has not played on the idea of the heavy burden that training has been portrayed as, the black and white images of dark gyms where you meet your demons. There is a lightness in spirit to RAD reminiscent of 90’s skating of pure enjoyment however heavy the weights are. A connection to others and that we are all out there doing our best and wanting to give it everything we have and enjoying it at the same time.
It’s a vibe, and I’m into it.
Thanks, Ben for your time. Be quick if you want a pair of shoes, they never repeat a colourway and they sell out quick. So follow them and to hear more about Ben’s journey to the games there are some other good pods out there that focus more on that side of things.
As always thanks for listening and your patience in our hiatus these last few months. Life is happening quickly around us. Check out RAD at RAD-global.com and explore the weMove podcast on Spotify, where we have all our episodes covering a wide range of movement, health, and wellbeing areas, from breath work, to food, health to performance. And give it a share.
Until next time, from Chris and I peace.
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We have been away for a few weeks again whilst we waited for our next two pods both of which are a bit more gear based, specifically footwear and the ideas behind the two brands.
We love brands, and gear, like we love food and farming and we also love the world around us and these two worlds often times are given a bad rep, but brands like food does have a place in the world.
Since the farming series and conversations we are regularly having at our sister platform Commonground, where we work with brands and companies to support their communication to making their customers feel seen, safe and heard. We have been connecting some of the dots as to what is being sustainable, is it even a thing or is there something more appropriate and meaningful brands can be pursuing and integrating.
And it is in this context that the next two podcasts are based. Perhaps increasingly the way brands are communicating feels like a cover up for the problems that they create as a result of actions they take. The goal of a fully regenerating and circular production cycle is firmly in a brands mind but the current place they and we find ourselves in is a little way off that destination. So it is about doing the best we can where we are and moving forward towards this goal. Having the awareness that every action has a reaction, and every problem solve will create something that might be a future problem enables a person, company or brand to have a mindset shift in how they perceive their place in the world and their journey forward.
Step in Hylo Athletics. That is the essence of the Hylo brand, started by former professional footballer Michael Doughty and a couple of shoe industry veterans to create an active footwear brand using materials science to create products that deliver high performance for athletes and low impact for the planet.
Hylo is a year in and as Michael will say, it has not always been a straight forward case of following ideals. The initial models whilst up there in sustainability were not so in longevity, creating a conundrum for brands because longevity for the customer is a key part of making a positive impact. Now Hylo shoes are finding their sweet spot and per pair have 50% less impact on the planet than all other brands out there. Some may say 50% too much, but 100% further on than others.
Having just secured a further round of investment, they are set to continue making positive impact, and if that combines with supporting people to move then that is never a bad thing in my book.
This week is Hylo, next week is RAD Global. A new footwear startup in a different movement space, but doing equally good things to challenge the stagnant status quo.
As always thanks for listening, and if you are feeling in the supportive mood, head to wemove.world and click the orange button in the bottom left corner to buy us a ko-fi or click the link in our insta bio @wemoveworld. From Chris and me, peace.
Hey there and welcome to the we move podcast.
We have been away for a few weeks again whilst we waited for our next two pods both of which are a bit more gear based, specifically footwear and the ideas behind the two brands.
We love brands, and gear, like we love food and farming and we also love the world around us and these two worlds often times are given a bad rep, but brands like food does have a place in the world.
Since the farming series and conversations we are regularly having at our sister platform Commonground, where we work with brands and companies to support their communication to making their customers feel seen, safe and heard. We have been connecting some of the dots as to what is being sustainable, is it even a thing or is there something more appropriate and meaningful brands can be pursuing and integrating.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove Podcast. Today we are following on from Simon Jeffrey's podcast on resilience taking excuse the pun, a dive into cold water immersion and wild swimming with Gilly MacArthur, who has a long background in the outdoors being a climber and a face within the industry but she's also the co-founder of @bluemindmen and @wonderfulwildwomen both initiatives to get people inspired and maybe excited to discover the benefits of getting in the water, even better when it's cold.
GIlly has been and still is a massive advocate of getting in cold water, particularly up in the Lake District, and using it as a way to, as always raise awareness for mental health or mind health as i am preferring to call it. And I just wanted to get another take rather than the obvious ones in the Wim Hof world, etc. Of what getting into cold water really does and how it really benefits. And Gilly has had an interesting history in that she had a big fall whilst climbing over in the states and with that a long journey of rehab to where Gilly is today.
What I hadn’t expected from the conversation was to talk about the transferable skills/benefits that come with a practice of cold water immersion, namely keeping you calm under stress and just being able to manage the body's responses to stressful situations which I think everyone would benefit from that skill. So again, it's quite a self-explanatory conversation. It doesn't already doesn't need much more of an intro than that. Gilly’s a lovely person, tough, steely but super gentle in encouraging and chivvying people on and providing some inspiration to get in the cold water. Because we need it, the water, it’s always cold, and you need those people you can trust and lean into to get you to do things that you never quite thought you could. And Gilly is one of those people.
Really enjoyed this podcast. I think there's a lot more to come from everyone in this sphere of mindset, mental health, central nervous system awareness, so it's definitely worth a listen.
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This week we are going into world of mindset and specifically resilience with a chap who’s about as as well versed in resilience as you can be as he served in the UK Special Forces for many years.
Simon Jeffries has taken much of what learned during his time at the pointy end of things and combined it with neuroscience and other psychological methodologies to create The Natural Edge, a company and program he has co founded to support individuals and groups to develop robust and resilient mindset practices. Because we all know that the hardest part in anything is quietening the voice inside our head that tells us to stop, or stay in bed a little longer.
This is a podcast I have been wanting to have for many months, but timings weren’t quite right, so I’m rally pleased we have gotten the chance to do it.We talked about a bunch of things, the usual resilience aspects but also about emotions and how in order to become truly resilient we have to be aware of our emotions and be able to use them rather than block them out and run away from them which is perhaps often the way that it's seen as the way being in the military.
It’s not a long one, but it contains a lot of good information from someone who has not just read a few books on the subject. and if you are interested in what he does, then check out thenaturaledge.com and @the.natural.edge on Instagram. So thanks for listening and until next time.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. This week is the last of our series on food following on from Dr. Jenny Goodmans 2 episodes “Staying Alive in Toxic Times”.
I have to say it was an unexpected podcast and as is often the way just an unexpectedly good conversation, full of insight from left field and an area that we hadn't necessarily thought about, which followed on from the overall conversations with that we've been having in this series whether Abby Rose of Farmerama, Peter Greig of Piper's farm, or Glen burrows at Ethical Butcher.
I say left field because entering the Regenerative Farming rabbit hole, can easily be clouded by a meat-only bias. And remember this all started with talking about “staying alive in toxic times” whilst supporting our individual, personal health, rather than an eating bias/dogma, which is where seems to be the media portrayal of Regen Farming, an opposition of meat versus plants rather than it being about a return to the principles of nature, homeostasis, balance. Which would and do provide the foundation for positive health, growth, everything. We need it all and we need the principles to be able to move accordingly to maintain health. We are nothing without our good health.
So, who are we talking to then? Josiah Meldrum, co-founder of Hodmedods, who work with British farmers to produce pulses and grains, contributed to creating a more diverse farming system and diets because of their belief that creating both diverse farming systems and diets is a key to a healthier and more sustainable future, for us all. As a consumer, it would appear similar to a Pipers Farm but for pulses and grains, but like Pipers, it is an approach to creating something which supports the earth, the farms, and the people, rather than simply a hyper refined, processed machine, focussed solely on production volume.
And it was a brilliant conversation, we talked about a load of things the geographical nature of food, the political nature of food the cultural nature of food, how East Anglia in the UK is one of the biggest exporters in the world of the fava bean, traveling to the Middle East as a mainstay of their diet, talk about the irony of food miles and how disconnected we are from the potential of the earth we live on to grow food for us. It seems crackers. I guess you go where the demand has been manufactured.
This whole series about food has been fascinating for me, I hope it has been the same for you listening. And I think this episode, in particular, has many touchpoints with things that I’m seeing in the press, the media, and the world in general. Food, politics, geopolitics, all of that has an effect on our health. But having a good grasp of the principles is like having a map, compass and knowing how to use them to get home. Sadly too many rely on being told by a voice they will never meet the body of.
So enjoy, listen, support Josiah and his Hodmedods network. If you're in the British Isles that is and if not then source a Hodmedods type network on the land you are currently living on.
From Chris and me. Thanks for listening. Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the we move podcast. So we've had a few weeks off for the start of the year coinciding with a few weeks of waiting for our guests to become available.
So this week we are continuing our conversations about food and farming, all linked with the podcast titled Staying Alive in Toxic Times. and because, food is super important for us all as it is the root of many of the problems regarding health and wellbeing.
Todays episode we speak to Glen Burrows founder of Ethical Butcher who we have had on a couple of times, but this episode is specifically to talk about Regenuary which is the initiative for the month of January to raise awareness and encourage us to buy our food from producers who follow a Regenerative approach to farming, because the food is better for us and the process is better for the planet.
What always strikes me is how these ideas for eating, getting healthy, or back in shape tend to be just for a month in the year, rather than a way of living and a constant practice. Nothing that we speak about in the episode but it seems to be the way that one idea is pitted against another, even though they all are heading in the same direction and require the same consistent year round action, not just a month.
In fact is is Chris speaking to Glen today, and whilst the conversation might be seen as Regenuary vs Veganuary. It is I would say about the relationship we all have with food, that we can have differing views on the way we eat food , but the health of our selves and the planet might actually be better if we worked together in our similarities and respected the differences but realise we need the contrast of difference to move us forward.
And maybe if we apply those principles to fitness, to relationships, to money, to health, to family to everything then there is a good chance that improvements will be made.
Next week we speak to Josiah Meldrew of Hodmedods, another farmer but from the non meat world and it is a perfect companion to this episode but from another perspective within the same realm. I think the two of them combine quite nicely.
And also next week, we release our eight week newsletter programme, which is a weekly series of 3 ideas per week for laying a foundation in movement, health and wellbeing provided by 3 of our good friends and long time collaborators, Barney Gabos of Whitehart CrossFit, Oxygen Advantage Master coach David Jackson and Osteopath and Nature Cure practitioner Alex Johnson. So if you're interested in that, and you're already on our mailing list, you will receive that and if you would like to receive it, sign up to our mailing list on the website wemove.world and that will automatically arrive that to your inbox.
Whether you are a seasoned athlete, or a raw beginner, this will be a useful refresher series or an entry point if you are wanting to supplement your training or start something that will make a difference to your life. It's three short videos, and purposefully very few words, but things that you can consume and you can do at home.
And then at the end of that eight weeks, the plan is to get people together for a day of training, ideas and food, because quite frankly it’s getting to the time when we need to move together.
Thanks so much. And, as always, if you like what we do share it. And if you are considering supporting a podcast, do think of this one. We have a very simple link on our instagram and website where you can shout us “coffee” to keep the podcast moving on.
As always, thanks for listening and from Chris and me Peace.
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So today we are speaking to Peter Greig from Piper's farm. Peter is not only a generational farmer but also a generational retailer in the sense that the produce the farms grew, they also sold directly through their own family food retail business.
Pipers farm started as something different, by Peter to become a destination for meat that is produced sustainably and in harmony with nature. As a retailer it creates links between ethical producers who they know and trust.
They believe in Family farms not factory farms moving away from the industrialisation spreadsheet farming Peter talks about seeing first hand, whilst supporting native breeds of animals bringing the idea of local food even more close to its natural source. All Whilst supporting the idea that as a society it’s important to eat less meat and that we do eat has been raised and produced in a way that has respect for the animal, respect for the farmer and respect for the landscape. the 3 vital components in the world of farming that the industrialisation process soon forgets in favour of a supplier code and a lead time.
Pipers are UK based and they are amongst a small but growing number of food retailers doing things differently including Riverford, Ethical Butcher, not to mention the smaller more local farm shops and retailers that can be found in most cities. You might have to change your view of a food retailer mind you as they will surprisingly be selling less clothes, electrical goods and other such stuff in favour of natural, fresh, nutrient dense real food.
Pipers Farm have given us a 10% discount code for listeners and friends so if you choose to try something new this month, think of pipersfarm.com and use the discount code WEMOVE at the checkout or click the link on the podcast page on the wemove.world website.
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This week we explore a couple of the themes from our episodes with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times.
Why is food today not what food was when our parents and their parents were growing up? What has happened to cause this shift?
It became apparent in the podcasts with Jenny that we would need to get a deeper insight into the reasons why the food we eat today is not as nutrient dense and complete as the food our parents and their parents grew up eating, in order to get more of an understanding as to how this connects with the health of the world around us and ourselves.
Jenny mentioned these ideas, and more specifically soil health. I mean what even is soil and what is Regenerative Agriculture all about? Is it all hyperbole and buzzwords like so much in the media.
And in the UK scene there is one person we go to, Abby Rose.
Abby is a farmer, soil health advocate and co-host/producer of the Farmerama podcast. A super podcast resource on farming today, and what needs to be done for the future. Well worth checking out if you want to go down that rabbit hole, have an allotment or simply want to understand more to make more informed choices about the food you buy and eat.
She is a great source of knowledge on soil health, regenerative agriculture, how farming practices have changed and how they are underpinned by a system of perhaps outdated industries and practices, that have come to the end of their efficacy.
We talk about this and more, culminating in perhaps the unexpected outcome of who the farming industry actually serves, man or machine.
So here we go, part 3 of our staying alive in toxic times series inspired by Dr Jenny Goodmans book. Get your notebooks at the ready, here is Abby Rose.
And if you do like this podcast and I think there's so much value in these people like it's, it is really insane. And we enjoy bringing the podcast to you and yes we have had a hiatus over this funny time that we're living through, and if you feel like contributing towards the podcast financially, then you can buy us a coffee on our coffee link an app, and that just keeps us going on the late nights, invariably when we are recording intros, or compiling the podcasts and editing them and putting them out there, so thanks very much peace and love to you all, from Chris and I, we move out.
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Part 2 this week of our conversation with Dr Jenny Goodman on how to stay alive in toxic times. For those coming to this podcast at this episode, I would recommend listening to part 1 after or before this one.
We are talking health, what it is, what it means to be (healthy) and how we can maintain our health in the world we live in as it now more than ever has many aspects which work against our natural body.
Without our health we are nothing, and without having a guide on the journey to good health, it becomes increasingly difficult to get there.
Dr Goodmans book, the namesake for this series Staying Alive in Toxic Times is a brilliant guidebook for the journey. Informative and easy to read. A must for everyone who is feeling they have more to give and is a little lost on the way.
Dr Goodman is fantastic at articulating her experience both in and out of the medical world.
Continuing where we left off, we explore the ideas of diets, fads and fashions of eating, from vegan to carnivore. The seasons of life and eating for the seasons. Sugar, what it does in our body and to ourselves. All leading in to Tox and Detox, how the environment around us is introducing us to more and more toxins and how to detox our bodies for our health rather than for a phase/fashion and finally EMR and how that is affecting us and what we can do about it.
Lets get to it, Enjoy part two of Staying Alive in Toxic times with Dr Jenny Goodman.
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Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast.
Start of a new series with this podcast. Inspired by our guests book, which when I picked up felt like the eloquent and authoritative documentation of methods, approaches, tips and tricks that I have been learning since 2014 when I realised my own health journey was not perhaps the most enjoyable one.
And that has been my understanding of what health is for each of us. It’s a journey, that takes us through different ages, stages and environments and the secret sauce to the enjoyment of the journey is awareness, understanding and an approach which is supple. And in that I am talking about an approach that allows us to move through environments which are less enjoyable, be able to anticipate without fear what is approaching us in life.
There will be of course unexpected discoveries along the journey of health but having the requisite skills to navigate out of environments which do not cultivate our Selves and beings is essential. And it is the consequences of the environments we are living in and approach to modern living that our guest Dr Jenny Goodman wrote her book “Staying Alive in Toxic Times”which I believe is the book every household would benefit from having in their life. It’s simple to read and understand, respectful to the seasons of life and a rich mine of information for living in our health potential and enjoying the journey of good health.
This podcast is the first part of two with Jenny, and we move through the book, beginning with what health is and why we in this modern time have got our approach perhaps out of sync with what is good for us, where it went wrong historically and then onwards into the connection of the food we eat, the environmental effects on foods nutritional content and its links to farming. And finishing with the guidelines which are appropriate for 99% of us, 99% of the time and how in this modern age supplements can become allies in supporting our health.
I’m excited about these podcasts, the direction of the journey this will take weMove and the value to each of us that this knowledge and wisdom delivers.
From Chris and me. Peace
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So, we're now back and looking forward to bringing you the next sort of series of podcasts, we've got two gear ones lined up with a couple of brands that we really fond off for doing very, very different things.
And then back to our usual journeying amongst ideas of movement health, well being.
So today, we are in conversation with Louis and Staz the founders of Thrudark, a brand which sits at the intersection of outdoor performance, physical training and experience both founders gained in UKSpecial Forces
Their prior experience alone makes them interesting guys, but how did two operators get to becoming designers and creators of some of the most advanced and rigorous gear on the market today?
Knowing what is needed when it is actually a matter of life and death gives a very clear filter and perspective in which to create something necessary, and this is where the idea started. From experience in some of the most hostile environments in the world.
So it's a really interesting perspective underpinned by a level of rigor and a relentless pursuit of making something of value that creates the standard of products that Thrudark does. The design etc might not be your cup of tea, per se, but you know when you look at something that is so good. Regardless of your interest in the field, you can't help but be impressed by it, and I think Thrudark is one of those brands, it's like a modern classic brand underpinned by 100% authenticity. It’s real deal gear for going and doing things in places that will keep pushing you to your limit.
Thanks to Louis and Staz for their time and of course Henry for connecting us.
Enjoy. And finally to make the editing and recording process smoother, we have our contribution app where you can buy us a coffee or two to keep us going. Easy to do on our website weMove.world or click the link in our inst bio, also weMove.world.
From Chris and me, peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Another gear one this week where I talking to two founders Lamorna and Tamara of Blue Elvin on a mission to transform a woman's ability to train.
Blue Elvin which makes very specific products for power is engineered for women who do functional training, and uses pioneering impact technology to protect the body from barbell bruises and scrapes.
Because whilst some invariably guys like to wear their bruises or their bruises, scrapes and gashes with pride. There are people that don't, and I don't blame them because it really hurts when you get your shins caught on the wrong side of a solid object.
So they started training back in 2016 but didn't really anticipate the transformative effect that it would have on their lives, they became physically stronger and fitter, and as a result started to think differently, becoming more resilient to problems, more patient to learn complex movements and this filters through to other areas of life.
But in their own words, they weren't really prepared for all the scrapes and bruises that they were getting from the movements, kipping pull ups, barbell cycling box jumps, etc. So they did something about it, and have created a great product fusing technology with textiles and an increasingly comprehensive resource for training and in particular women wanting to train.
So it's a really good conversation and I always enjoy talking to people who are starting brands, and the challenges they face along the way and how they overcome them, and yeah, they're just lovely people.
So, if you are a woman who trains, or anyone who wants something that stops your shins from taking a beating on things like box jumps, check them out.
It's been a while coming out. So thank you to Lamorna and Tamara for being patient with us.
Enjoy. And if you feel like contributing towards the weMove podcast you can contribute a coffee or two to keep. Chris and I going on the days of editing and recording.
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Hey there and welcome to the weMove Gear podcast where I talk to brands who have caught our eye by doing something we find interesting or would wear and use.
These are not gear reviews per se, rather conversations about the journey from the start to the present and onwards. Inspired by my interest in the people behind the brand, because it is their energy that comes through in the product and makes for something special.
And this week I catch up with Ryan Wills to talk about his collaboration with Reigning Champ, his inspiration for the range and returning to his past career with fresh eyes and a new perspective.
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We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but with no real set direction. They are the kind of chat we would have around the kitchen table with a brew.
In order of release we speak to Rob Wilson, co founder of Art of Breath, chiropractor and master healer Perry Nickelston, friend of weMove and Nurse Paul Jones and to finish the series, music producer and co founder of the band Killing Joke, Martin Glover aka Youth.
We will be releasing podcasts under our Gear series, where we talk to the creators of brands in the realm of movement, health and wellbeing and then returning in a few weeks with an updated format for new and existing listeners.
Thanks as always for listening, these conversations are ones that might take a time of reflection for them to filter through and make sense. I know they did and still do for me.
Enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast
We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but with no real set direction. They are the kind of chat we would have around the kitchen table with a brew.
In order of release we speak to Rob Wilson, co founder of Art of Breath, chiropractor and master healer Perry Nickelston, friend of weMove and Nurse Paul Jones and to finish the series, music producer and co founder of the band Killing Joke, Martin Glover aka Youth.
We will be releasing podcasts under our Gear series, where we talk to the creators of brands in the realm of movement, health and wellbeing and then returning in a few weeks with an updated format for new and existing listeners.
Thanks as always for listening, these conversations are ones that might take a time of reflection for them to filter through and make sense. I know they did and still do for me.
Enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast
We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but with no real set direction. They are the kind of chat we would have around the kitchen table with a brew.
In order of release we speak to Rob Wilson, co founder of Art of Breath, chiropractor and master healer Perry Nickelston, friend of weMove and Nurse Paul Jones and to finish the series, music producer and co founder of the band Killing Joke, Martin Glover aka Youth.
We will be releasing podcasts under our Gear series, where we talk to the creators of brands in the realm of movement, health and wellbeing and then returning in a few weeks with an updated format for new and existing listeners.
Thanks as always for listening, these conversations are ones that might take a time of reflection for them to filter through and make sense. I know they did and still do for me.
Enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast
We have been having many conversations with people as we work out the route forward for the podcast and weMove as a whole. Most we haven’t recorded, but these four seemed right record and put out. In a way they are the types of conversation we have when we are on our travels, following a curiosity but with no real set direction. They are the kind of chat we would have around the kitchen table with a brew.
In order of release we speak to Rob Wilson, co founder of Art of Breath, chiropractor and master healer Perry Nickelston, friend of weMove and Nurse Paul Jones and to finish the series, music producer and co founder of the band Killing Joke, Martin Glover aka Youth.
We will be releasing podcasts under our Gear series, where we talk to the creators of brands in the realm of movement, health and wellbeing and then returning in a few weeks with an updated format for new and existing listeners.
Thanks as always for listening, these conversations are ones that might take a time of reflection for them to filter through and make sense. I know they did and still do for me.
Enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove Gear podcast where I talk to brands who have caught our eye by doing something we find interesting or would wear and use.
These are not gear reviews per se, rather conversations about the journey from the start to the present and onwards. Inspired by my interest in the people behind the brand, because it is their energy that comes through in the product and makes for something special.
And this week I catch up with Asher Clark, Creative Director for Vivo Barefoot who we are no strangers to ourselves. The barefoot revolution seems to be gaining momentum and Vivo are doing good things in this space, as you would expect from the team who literally have shoe making in their genes. The surname Clark is no coincidence here.
Asher knows his game and is super open about what Vivo are trying to do and most interestingly for me anyway is how they see what they make as foot wear rather than shoes. We talk about the elephant in the room of the “ugly shoe” which barefoot brands for sure fall in to and how the brand came to be.
I rate Vivo, Asher, Galahad and the rest of the team who we have had the pleasure of meeting are passionate and driven that alongside being a business, they are bringing something needed to the feet of people around the world.
This was recorded a few weeks ago so the conference we mention is no longer available, but as with the way of the world these days, it will be available online somewhere.
Thanks Asher and the Jonathan at Gung Ho PR for making this possible.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove Gear podcast.
This is a new and I am hoping on-going series where I talk to brands who have caught our eye by doing something we find interesting or would wear and use.
Gear has always been an area of interest for me, from selecting climbing gear as a youth to starting my own brand back in 2005. And what these conversations are about is the interest I have for the people who start the brands because they think they can do something special. Because for me it is those reasons that people resonate with something. You can feel that energy.
These are not gear reviews but rather conversations about the journey from the start to the present and onwards.
We kick off our new podcast series on Gear this week with a chat with Seb Beasant, founder of the active wear brand Torsa who feature on our site in a review of the core offering they have. We chat through his start in the industry to what he sees as his and Torsas role in the world of making clothing and the plans for the future.
I have many conversations with people about wanting to start a clothing/apparel brand and few follow through and Seb is not one of them. He’s young, humble, driven and gentle and he is attracting the right people around him to make steps forward in a big ocean full of big fish. I wish him all the best and I trust that you will check out Torsa for yourself or a loved one at Torsa.co.uk
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From day one we believed and still do that movement is perhaps the most important tool for self-discovery and becoming a better version of ourselves.
Whilst this idea is very easily commercialised and the meaning lost in favour of the latest colour of t-shirt. The importance of movement has never gone away.
When you move, you see the world in a different way. When you see the world in a different way, positive internal changes begin to happen. Problems that you had no longer seem to be front and center of your mind, and solutions that you needed somehow appear.
Now when you combine movement with an active pursuit to work through an issue or problem to make sense of it, that can feel like quite a powerful combination.
And that is where we pick up this week's podcast with a chap called William Pullen, a psychotherapist and author who specialises in depression, anxiety, self-confidence and “boarding school syndrome” who uses running as the vehicle for working through blocks, and barriers in life.
We pick up on a few points of interest.
The often used word ‘resilience’.
How you work through trauma, or the memory of things that have happened to you in the past.
And we talk about place that we both went to from young ages which was boarding school and how it can be it can be an unknowing experience of neglect.
So whilst this would seem to be a running therapy episode, it highlights a few common themes in our conversations
There's a whole bunch of stuff that we didn't know that happened to us growing up, that we compartmentalize and forget about which can and often does rear its ugly head. As we go through life, affecting not only our lives but also the decisions we make on a day to day basis, and the relationships we have with others,
It highlights the importance of talking about our experiences. Not to get sympathy, but to develop our ability to lead and live a more prosperous life without being affected by negative memories. And that movement and in this case running is quite possibly the best medium to do this with.
And we also touch on the importance of not just talking about the importance of mental health, or that we are suffering from poor mental health. But to foster and encourage an environment of proactively doing something about improving and strengthening our mental fitness. So that we can move on and live.
So we touch on a few things in this short episode that may well offer a route or path for someone who has something that they are struggling to find a way to resolve.
Also of note is that William is the author of ‘Running with mindfulness’, or ‘Run for your life’ in America. And you can find out more about William on his website. www.williampullenpsychotherapist.com on Twitter @pullentherapy.
What’s it like to go from smoking 60 cigarettes on a night out, to waking up the next day and deciding to make a change and take up running. Something as simple as running round the block can literally move you to change your life and that is where this week’s weMove podcast goes. We talk to Simon Freeman, co-founder of running publication Like The Wind magazine. Having met Simon a few years ago, through a shared interest in printed magazines with weMove and Like the Wind we knew him to be a runner but I never really asked him why he ran, and even his where his passion for running came from, we would simply shoot the breeze and put the world to rights.
And it's one of those stories that could easily be applied to anyone who is looking for a change or a re routing of there current life path. Simon is a regular guy who made a couple of decisions based on his life and channelled that energy into something more positive unintentionally taking him on a journey that would see him finish in the top 100 at the London Marathon. No mean feat.
Before running Simon was working in London, working long hours in a corporate job, he was no doubt, very good at. But by the sounds of it, not particularly enjoying it, or the life that he had created as a result.
And it was after a night out in London that he woke up, and wondered what had happened to the 60 cigarettes he had bought at the start of that night out.
Now the idea of smoking and waking up, seems like an impossibility. I can't even imagine how he must have felt waking after that night out, but it motivated him to do something different, so he ran. Perhaps it was an inner knowing that he wanted/needed to make a change, or a curiosity if he could make a change and see what was on the other side.
What started as a run round the block, gassed out at the end, lead on to a bit of a personal inquiry into what's next, what is possible, which led to running a marathon, in a respectable time of three hours, 37 minutes for someone who had a few years previously smoked and by his own admission been pretty unhealthy.
This continued leading him to the London Marathon top 100 and taking a full hour off his time finishing in 2h37m07s.
Now the time is an irrelevance but does show Simon’s dedication, tenacity, and ability to double down and experience just what he is capable of, leading him to a new life with a successful creative business with Like the Wind, a print publication sharing the joys of running. It’s a lovely read and really captures the personal experiences of the power of running.
Our interest lies in the journey and process he went on. How he changed his world and lifestyle by taking up running and then evolving from using running as a punishment to avoid self-loathing into running being expressive, playful, and ultimately being in a happy place.
How anyone chooses to move is personal to them and it is not our interest so much. Running was and is Simon's vehicle or movement for expressing himself. what we think matters is how we integrate the feelings that we have when we are moving. The expression, the playing, and ultimately being in a happy curious place into our daily lives, so we can understand the feeling. So when it happens again in our life we are better equipped to recognize those feelings. And when we need to dig in and be resilient, then we can.
It’s a great story of what can be done, we really enjoyed it. So thank you, Simon. And for anyone else who has enjoyed it or thinks this might be an incentive for someone that they know, do share. And if you feel inclined to support us with a donation. There is a link on our website at weMove.world, or the link in our Instagram bio, where you can send us a metaphorical coffee, and it's very much appreciated, so thank you for that, sign up to our newsletter also at weMove.world.
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This week we are catching up with Carl Paoli, who was the first person we had lined up to see when we started weMove. For those of you who haven’t heard of Carl, I heard of Carl as a result of his bestselling book Freestyle Connection, What I then found out was that he was coaching gymnastics movements to various action sports athletes and also at the time some of the fittest people on the planet in the CrossFit realm. So he came with a professional pedigree that interested me back in 2015/16 when I was exploring movement over sport.
So Chris and I met with Carl in San Francisco that began the start of a connection as we were unknowingly on a similar trajectory for challenging what we had become for we can be.
Carle was definitely experiencing, and explaining movement in that way. To move by feel, to understand the foundations, and when, when you understand the foundations, you can go and explore for yourself, and that makes the movement the practice whatever you're doing so much richer.
Last year I noticed a turning down of the volume on social media, as many of us did. And I was curious to speak to him then but it didn’t feel the right time so we just let him do his thing. And then this year he posted a few posts that caught my eye and he was talking about this idea of what's beyond the training, why are we training, why are we moving.
And that's very much, where Chris and I are with our thoughts, films and directions of conversation so it felt like it could be an interesting conversation to hear his story and perspective of the last year, and moving away from the very things that lit him up in the first place. The movement itself, instead of the nice to have benefits of; success and acclaim.
He is always very eloquent in what he's going through, very open and incredibly sincere. And I think that there are some points made that might be would be interesting for people who are questioning where they fit in the world at a moment and how to ignite the spark for movement and training.
This is not how to guide, or a telling of anyone that they should do a certain thing. Rather, this is a personal account of Carls experience. Rediscovering His love of movement, and the power and stability of a dedicated daily practice.
Carl has always been a very vocal about how the body is our way of experiencing the world around us. And as he says, our bodies are the instrument we use to interface with the external world. So when your instrument i.e. your body is clean and clear (your own definition) how you experience the world around you changes.
That's what I take from this conversation anyway
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Breaking up our, loose theme on Shadow Work, masculinity, and self-improvement. Chris and I wanted to speak to someone who's within our circle, and is a nutritional therapist, and that's Grace Kingswell.
We've known Grace for a while. But what made this podcast timely, was her calling out of Oatly the non-dairy milk brand in particular their ‘Barista version’ for it’s use of ingredients which are known to compromise health and vitality, whilst being marketed as a positive health choice.
So we wanted to speak to Grace about this because she has and is positively vocal about this new trend for industrially produced non dairy drinks and her comments were triggering a lot of people about how to eat, what to eat and why to eat.
I feel she's got some super, valid points. Chris and I are not nutritionists, or nutritional therapists, but we are our own nutritional experiments of one who have discovered without doubt, that a return to simplicity in what we eat, how we live, how we think combined with a return to nature, which, by its very means is a return to simplicity has incredible benefits for our health, our performance, our mind, our everything.
It was about a year ago, that in conversation I said to someone “I think non dairy milks are a health disaster waiting to happen”. Saying this not from having the professional knowledge Grace has, rather a deep human understanding that processing of foods and drinks disconnects us from supporting optimal body health.
Because you need to know what's in your food, and you need to know the sources of where those ingredients and foods come from, and you need to know what those things really are that you think are healthy because you have been told by a marketing team that it is healthy.
And with that in mind and for this very reason it has been really interesting to watch the growth of the dairy backlash which I will call the industrialised dairy production process and see all these non dairy milk alternatives come out, which, more often than not, are laced with a load of other things that you don't need in your diet, and which Grace pointed out, have negative benefits for your health.
We also bring up one of our key books in the weMove library Nourishing Fats by Sally Fallon chairwoman of the Weston A Price foundation and also the work of Weston A Price himself who promote the return to minimally processed natural, seasonal, local food source diets in order to support the optimal functioning of our human bodies of which we will be exploring further in our food and farming series later this year.
This Weston A Price idea is massively in favour of unpasteurised dairy, animal fats and eating food that is grown in your country or residence (calling out avocado eating, coconut water drinking English residents, not so indigenous a diet really)
I'm a big dairy fan. I'm a big real, raw, unpasteurized dairy fan, have been for a while, and whether it's in my constitution or I have been lucky it suits me very well. No mucus build up, no allergic responses, nothing other than positive effects and energy, and the people that I know who also have experimented with raw, unpasteurized dairy milk from grass fed grass finished ideally biodynamic cattle, who are antibiotic free who are reared free from modern world industrial pharmaceutical intervention. Have had the same response.
Its important to add this podcast is not a raw dairy propaganda, but it does approach a conversation that we believe is becoming overlooked. Whether you chose to consume at the polarities of diet i.e. veganism or carnivorism, or settle somewhere in between or eat according to feel and connection. Culture and marketing is pushing an idea that plays on emotional beliefs
Be curious about what you read and who you train with.
This weeks podcast is a result of a t shirt a guy would wear when we trained alongside each other @whitehartcrossfit.
Efrem Brynin trains @whitehartcrossfit and I remember seeing his T shirt with the logo and slogan Strongmen on it. I got it but I also didn’t until I began to see a few more around in the box. So I got curious about what it meant and what it was for.
Turns out Strongmen is a bereavement charity Efrem founded with Daniel Cross after being connected by one of the SAS Who Dares Wins team as they had both been on the show and suffered from unexpected loss.
Hearing this it felt right to do what we can to share what they are doing and how just because culture has shown that men deal with life events like bereavement in one way, does not mean they aren’t looking for a more connected way for them to express the rise and fall of grief and bereavement which can literally make a once stable world fall apart around the person.
We are all strong, and culture often misrepresents what it means to be strong, vulnerable, ask for help etc. Strength, true strength of the mental and physical kind is being able to ask for help and support. All of this is easy to say, but harder to do. As Efrem says when something like this happens “You know in your Self that something isn’t right, but difficult conversations and difficult conversations”
To make this progress the person needs to feel safe to do so and that is exactly why Strongmen exists, to create a safe space where in this case men can be around like minds and receive support and connection to manage the grieving process and build their life back. They do this through weekend retreats and also a peer 2 peer telephone service called Man2Man which started during the lockdown of 2020.
We will all face bereavement and loss at some point in our lives, knowing there is a network to hold you as you experience the grieving process is invaluable.
If you need to make a call or know someone that might, then check out www.strongmen.org.uk
Thanks Efrem
The sports field is literally a proving ground, and in this weeks podcast we explore an idea that maybe the proving ground is not fully understood and that we often attempt to prove something that doesn't need to be proven. That, you are enough and you have always been enough.
Now imagine what that shift in understanding would do to how we show up on the field, that you are in the field because of who you are.
That is what I take from our podcast with @rick_cooper, ex rugby player, fireman and now leadership coach and speaker. We talk, Competition. Connection. Resilience. Leadership, how to pick yourself up when you are told you will never walk again and more.
Thanks brother for your time, as always it was a pleasure.
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Peace☮️, love❤️ and rigor✊.
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When does sticking at things and never quitting become detrimental and negative to progress?
Quitting, is a term that has so many negative connotations. There is so much glamour in the social media feeds of never quitting, doing something whatever it takes that it can get clouded and confused.
I am all for the idea of not quitting, but sometimes I do wonder what it’s all about when slogging away at something, where the stakes are not related to what really matters, like life/death.
Todays podcast is with David ‘Jacko’ Jackson, one half of @schoolofcalisthenics, former professional rugby player who had to make the decision to call time on his professional playing career due to culmination of impacts, tackles which were slowly over time affecting his longevity as a human.
Jacko suffered a seizure during practice, leading to the necessary scans etc to confirm that the life forward from then on would need to be different.
This is where quitting is legitimate, though still a tough pill to swallow when drive, ego and the nature of the game is to “patch up and keep going”.
What followed was certainly a questioning of identity, purpose and all the other trimmings that come with turning away from the thing that defined Jacko. But what I feel has come from that is the path that lay ahead and the number of people Jacko has been able to inspire, and positively impact along the way developing the School of Calisthenics with his co founder Tim Stevenson and then personal explorations into the more cutting edge ideas of vestibular training, breathwork, cold immersion to begin to reconnect to the bodies innate ability to improve, grow and progress, all the time investing in to as Jacko calls it your “physical pension”.
And it does start with movement, as Chris and I have always believed. Get up and move, do it consistently with intention and it will change your life.
Thanks Jacko, and enjoy the episode.
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Chris and James riff on Paul Warrior's 30 day Atlas ball program and Chris' dive into Shadow Work
This weeks episode we are on the bike, exploring one persons infatuation with the bike, or at least that’s what he was originally thought it was.
Turns out it was a vehicle for expression, but not of the ego image that is so often the case. But something deeper, the bike was a support vehicle to connect with what was needed. To grieve the passing of his dad, a big transition in the scheme of life.
We spoke to Dhiren half way through this year and this conversation really was a gem. Articulate, and willing to ask questions of himself that many suppress, Dhiren spoke about cycling, the infatuation that occurs when we begin the movement journey of a specific genre (in this case cycling), the addiction of feeling fitter, stronger, more capable and the all too common gentle attrition of the physical self that comes from endurance pursuits.
Sports are neutral, inert. It is us that give them a charge be that positive or negative. I fear that we are illiterate and ill prepared in our comprehension of why we move. That is changing slowly and can happen more often if we are to understand that movement is healing, that our bodies are always striving to move towards healing, to completion, to a feeling of wholeness.
There is a consequence in striving.
The question for me is “are we striving to achieve the thing we think we are?”
We think, most often because of the linear start and end point of sport that the achievement is the winning, the completing.
But what about the DNF, the inability to finish something. The DNF is the thing that no ones wants to do, but it represents to me a point of questioning, because the body and or mind could not continue because we weren’t listening to what it was trying to tell us that it needed or maybe didn’t need. Do you need to run that ultra, ride that sportive, climb that mountain?
It is the challenges that stop us in our tracks that teach us the most about who we are, what we an become, not doing something easily with little on the line.
The podcast is accompanied by a short film, one of Chris and Will (the editors) best I think.
Thanks to Dhiren for your patience on the bike, for the journey you went on and the openness of the conversation.
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That’s all from us, peace from the two of us.
Hey there, welcome to the weMove podcast. There’s a lot of internal change happening within weMove at the minute. Not the obvious change, Chris and I are both still involved, but with this year being what it is, it has evolved us.
I’m now in Portugal living with my young family, which has been a radical, obvious, natural, needed, timely, earned move. For how long, who knows but we are up in the hills, surrounded by nature, farmland, real life and it is just what we needed, I needed. And Chris is roaming and exploring in his own way, revisiting his place of birth, and the constructs that come with that. We are both in a good place, however you define a good place. I would say it still comes with the daily sludge to move through, but interspersed with real gems and progress.
Training here is happening more in this place for me than the initial phase of lockdown 1. I just didn’t want to move, I wanted to be quiet and luckily I had the opportunity to. Become a kind of hermit, training with a close group of friends, having conversations that I realise are becoming the next stage of weMove. IT’s pretty cool, daunting and natural.
And that has informed our podcasts in a way it didn’t before. We were attempting to be more planned, slick, professional, but this world feels that the conversations we have are by their very nature, real. Real in the sense that we are not setting out a formulaic conversation structure where guests are brought on to promote their new book or just getting the big names on. Because those big names you can listen to again and again and they say the same thing, their thing.
We are looking to the network that is natural and connects more organically around the world, and has no less impact. In fact I think it has more impact if we actively and passively let it. Todays conversation is a continuation of last weeks pod with Georgie Holt in that it is with acupuncturist Jack Jewell, a Five Element Acupuncture practitioner and he feels like a young Jedi, of which there are a growing number of younger therapists who are following in the footsteps of the history and tradition while bringing a more contemporary take on therapy.
What is consistent in Jack and the tradition is the belief that the relationship between the natural world and our bodies, is paramount in how we live, in particular how it manifests as illness in our body, mind and spirit.
Which I find particularly interesting because weMove started with the belief that people just need to move and then the path will open up if we seek. What we are beginning to realise is that the seeking is our Self and who we really are. We just have to go through this initiation of endurance, learning, unlearning, finding, losing and then re-finding who we are, what we can do and what is possible.
Literally, we spend our entire life if we are unlucky looking for something that was under our noses all along. Us, you, me. We are what we seek, but we have to be in that place which feels like non effort, that middle way we discuss where we can observe and shape our reality.
I enjoyed this one, the sound is a little whack but that is the wonder of zoom, headsets and transcontinental Wi-Fi connections.
Thanks Jack, this was good.
You can find Jack on instagram @jjacupuncture and jjacupuncture.co.uk.
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Peace from Portugal.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast.
With one more episode in our movement and search for meaning to come, we are holding off whilst we complete the accompanying short film Chris has been working on. It’s rally good and a lovely bookend to the series.
In the meantime we are beginning a new series of conversations with a growing number of body work practitioners influenced by the concepts of Eastern Medicine specfically acupuncture, of which there happen to be two who have piqued my interest on instagram for their personal message and their aesthetics. And whilst how we choose our personal team isn’t always best based on aesthetics of their insta feed and words. These mediums do portray someone’s flavour as I call it. Their personality, their interests etc,, which has been how I have gathered and formed those around me who I call on when I am struggling physically, mentally or spiritually.
There are many practitioners out there in the world, no two are the same even if they come from what is on the surface the same background. If you don’t click with them and by that I mean feel safe, seen and heard then chances are their effectiveness with the person is not likely to be what it could be.
So if you are seeking someone to support you, then be discerning with your choice, with you and the energy you surround yourself with, be this a coach, a training program, body worker, healer, guide. Choose wisely.
So today Chris speaks to Georgie Holt, a London based Auricular Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Yin Yoga practitioner who specialises in guiding people in their Still Practices. So much of the movement world is about moving, moving faster, moving further or the health world about healing faster and quicker, with quick fixes and body hacks.
Increasingly this modern emphasis on speed and progress ignores the very way progress is made which is to be still. And by that I am not meaning you will run your marathon by standing still, of course you won’t but you might just run it better if you are still within your mind and body, when you are not constantly catapulted into fight or flight by adrenaline which over time is not great for your performance or your health.
This approach of still, centred and stable is evident in all of those who achieve great things. Not that the great things is the reason, but rather that from this still, centred and stable place we can tap into the potential and resources that each of us have.
Yin Yoga, Yoga nidra, breathwork, ice baths, rest, sleep, journaling. All of these I would put in the box of Still practices which are game changing and daunting at the same time. Particularly the latter for those folk who like me didn’t want to sit still and would push through injury, pain or other such signs of the body saying, “mate, time to give me a rest”
You can follow Georgie on insta @fearlessbodies and also @studio_unfold.
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From Chris and me, thanks for your support. Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast.
To say that the last few months have been unpredictable is an understatement, it has certainly taken its toll on the routine and structure of my days and for that I apologise as the frequency of our podcast releases has been intermittent as a result.
Todays episode is a continuation of the movement and search for meaning conversations and one that we recorded as we entered the first week of the original lockdown. For some there is a second lockdown and it is curious how this episode is timely even now. We often feel the need to rush but as one of our friends wrote the other week “Rushing is what got me…”
Just goes to show that quality be it actions or conversations rarely have a sell by date. In fact having just moved to Northern Portugal and observing the cities of UK and perhaps beyond, there is a manic rush that prevails under the guise of direction and purpose.
Anyway back to the podcast. This conversation is with Olivia Berggren who had a similar experience to many we have spoken to. A questioning of the practices we do as to why we do them. Are they serving us or are they covering up for something that we are not asking ourselves.
Movement is an expression of our experiences and how we see the world, but not all movement is healthy, it can without doubt be a place to hide from what we knowingly know but are unwilling to deal with.
We can be hard on ourselves, particularly when we are searching for who we are. Often we find a practice that seduces us, more often than not through watching someone so good and proficient in the movement and repetition that they make it look effortless, full of ease and inspiring. It is amazing to watch these people, but we know very little of what they have endured to get to that place, who they are and why they do it.
I’m going to make a generalisation here that the majority of people that are doing a practice have no idea why they are doing it, they follow blindly a practice that they rarely engage fully with and often use it to cover up the weaknesses and damage caused by a life of unfiled experiences.
I did it with running, climbing, astanga, business. Olivia experienced something similar with astanga yoga. The control, discipline, freedom, times, splits, races, training feel great and absolutely have merit but they can and often do crossover into some form of self punishment when we do not understand why we are doing something.
There are other ways to move that are not what you are doing that will benefit the very thing you are doing and more. Be curious enough to understand the tyoe of person you are, create a place of safety within you and explore all the ranges with which you can move, not just the end range of physical limitation.
Damian Fearns: Let emotions be your guide.
"In modern society most of us don’t want to be in touch with ourselves; we want to be in touch with other things like religion, sports, politics, a book - we want to forget ourselves. Anytime we have leisure, we want to invite something else to enter us, opening ourselves to the television and telling the television to come and colonize us."
Thats a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh that resonated with me looking back through old notes and it relates to this weeks podcast. Many of us are missing something at the moment in all the"good work" people are saying they are doing to make themselves better versions of themselves.
That thing is connection with our emotions. There is as I see it a prevalent negative culture pervading social media and other areas that encourages individuals to lock into a cycle of emotional navel gazing. A continuous process of just looking and talking about emotions preventing them from what they are wanting to do, express themselves to get out of the body.
In this podcast recorded at the beginning of the Movement and Search for Meaning series I sat down with weMove collaborator, Integral coach and facilitator Damian Fearns and talked about Emotions. Because for so many, including my own self I understood but didn't really understand what emotions are, what they do and how important they are for guiding us and also how they can if not treated with respect and care create some real blockages in how we interact with life and the world around us.
Emotions when understood and accepted have the ability to raise our awareness of an issue and then move on out of the body. When we get to grips with this we can respond to them, and help them do what they need to do which is move. Because emotions move us, so in searching for meaning in our lives, perhaps connect with your emotions instead of disconnecting from them. You will thank them for it.
If you like what we do, then we ask that you share the podcast with others who are searching for new things to listen to. We will also be launching this November our newsletter The Middle Way, so if you are interested in receiving a simply designed and concise guide that connects the themes of weMove together then sign up on our website weMove.world or on our Linktree on our instagram bio. Sending you all good vibes in these curious times. Peace.
Episode 4 in the Movement and Search for Meaning series with running coach Ollie McCarthy.
We titled this the Taboo of Talking as we talk about suicide, Ollie's experience of coming to terms with his girlfriends attempted suicide and how he found weightlifting and running his avenues for processing this event.
Incredibly poignant for Chris and I, as we have our own experience in 2019 of my gladly failed attempt at suicide. Being able to talk to Ollie about his experience, listen to him and share experiences without the charged emotion of me or him being in each others experiences I found very helpful in developing an empathy with my life partner Lucie and also with Chris.
We don't talk enough, yet we talk too much in this modern world. And I believe that the space to talk, listen and be heard is one of the most powerful and transformative practices for our mental, physical and spiritual health.
Thanks Ollie.
If this is a conversation that resonates with you, or someone you know, it would be great to share the episode with them or even on your insta stories/facebook page for those who might just need to hear something like this to make them feel like they can talk about how they are feeling.
Peace and love. James & Chris
Welcome to the weMove podcast. This is connected with our Movement and the search for meaning series aswell as being a follow on rom one of the very first conversations we had for the podcast with Naomi Absolom.
When we first met Naomi back in 2017/18 we were all beginning to question what the labels and names of the practices we were doing and how we were living. How they supported us, how they confined us and what would in fact take us forward, healthier, happier, stronger.
Naomi was questioning the confines of the world of Yoga. Because when we say yoga we have a view of it, created by the Gurus, distorted by the media to gain mass appeal and yet it leaves a void or even a restriction on entering or exiting.
Taking this step Naomi moved through it to a place where she is now, free of labels which in itself makes a space that is indefinable and for many that can appear to be too wild, too scary. This period of lockdown however has blossomed the possibility of where Naomi was heading and been a co creation with the growing gathering of like minds who are experiencing through movement a new found freedom and spaciousness.
This pod is the journey to where she is now, not where it is going from here.
And if you like what we do with the podcast, it would be great to have your support in sharing the conversations and podcast name if you feel it will benefit someone you know or who follows you. We are @wemove.world or www.wemove.world.
Many thanks
There is always a little bit of truth where theres a problem,
Rae Dwyer is our second guest and it was the following instagram post that we read that made this the next step in the series.
"Something that has left me in awe and rendered me speechless of late: The experience of f e e l i n g over thinking when it comes to the formation of core beliefs. I really want to do what I'm trying to say justice. Stay with me.
It's that in-your-actual-bones knowing. Perhaps a thing you've realised that maybe part of you would like to unrealise for convenience but knows that it's impossible. A belief/perception/epiphany that is completely untethered from motives of the ego and societal conditioning, so therefore cannot be denied and will in fact often come about as a result of having peeled away those rotting layers of internalised capitalism, homophobia, patriarchy. A bubbling up that at first, gives rise to a deep discomfort and frightening confusion, but once integrated, preceeds something that might actually be akin to freedom.
Living life on our own terms from the outside appears to be the result of bravery. But I would counter that with living life on our own terms is a result of feeling safe, and I don’t mean wrapped up in cotton wool safe and devolving our innate power and wisdom to external forces. Rather developing a sense of safety internally, in our own mind, in our own soul and in our own body"
We are living in a world where more and more is seemingly being taken from us. or we are giving it away because we have been told that is what we must to be safe. To be safe we need to understand what is going on inside us, understanding the feelings, understanding the sensations, understanding intuitively the constructs of the world around us, what is real, what is not, what we know to be certain.
This awareness doesn’t just happen, it requires work. It requires The Work. And that work we define as 3 elements that for me create a foundation for safety within and they are what weMove is built on. Move, Nourish, Equip. Move your body. Nourish your Self and Equip your mind. These are not linear ideas, they are multidimensional that when integrated are the pillars to feeling whole, complete and ultimately safe, because we know who we are, and why we are here. Things, life, parents, school, jobs etc have just clouded our paths.
That is my take away from todays weMove podcast and the third conversation in our Movement and the search for meaning series.
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Enjoy the episode, there’s a lot in it for the soul and Self.
Movement is freedom, its how we express ourselves and communicate with others and the world around us, but what do you do when someone close can suddenly no longer move? The thought of not being able to move is uncomfortable If we aren’t moving then we aren’t living.
That is today’s conversation with Rachel Kay, choreographer, dancer, founder of Creation Box studio and Flight Mode Method, and the second conversation in the Movement and Search for Meaning series. Rachel is a successful artist and choreographer whose professional skills were called on in a way that couldn’t be imagined, her dad had a stroke, leaving him unable to move.
Taking an honest look at what she could do and how she could connect with him, she turned away from her career as a commercial choreographer towards becoming her dad’s choreographer teaching him how to move again and reconnect.
What do you know to be certain? More and more I realise that life is just too short.
Andrew Tracey, Mens Health UK Fitness Editor, founder of Farm Fitness and all round training machine sat down with Chris and I before we headed to the gym to indulge in some sweaty pushing and pulling back at the start of the year.
We’ve orbited in similar circles as Andrew so it felt only a matter of time before we sat down and press record. If you watch him on instagram his means of fitness generally involve a lot of lifting, and commitment to putting in the time, regardless of where he is, what time it is and how busy his day was.
Inspired by the original Gym Jones, the facility created by Mark Twight to put in the work, we share similar visions as to what the world of fitness can be. A place to learn about your Self if you are prepared to get into the shadows and dark corners of the psyche and inquire into the capacity and potentiality of our capacity and capability.
I wasn’t expecting Andrew to be so gentle, and it was lovely to hear him talk about being inspired, inspiring and putting into the world his efforts in order for them to inspire others and be improved upon for the greater good.
We cover his being non sporty as a youngster but possessing as he calls it “Toerag” fitness, accumulated through hours of playing, doing and being to his first job in a proper gym in Harlow Essex, a place full of doormen and bodybuilders, where you were celebrated for the effort you put in regardless of the weight you lift and then onto the downfall of the Personal Trainer, chasing the career which in actual fact spring boarded Andrew to become who he is today with the breadth of knowledge and pure enthusiasm for fitness and becoming more complete.
Lifting weights isn’t what it is perceived as, strength is important, it teaches us many things and shows us what we can do if we are not afraid to lose in the short term.
I’m fascinated by the reasons we each have for moving. Why we move. And it felt the right time to open up the conversation with some of those that we know and who listen to the podcast about their experiences with movement and what it has brought to them.
Personally past experiences with movement and observation of others journey I have noticed that we move in whatever form our bodies are innately drawn to and it is my personal belief that is because our body is wanting to express something more than our mind/ego can comprehend or the conventions of sport and competition allow.
There comes a time in the experiences Chris and I have listened to when a specific event evolves the idea of movement and physicality from sport and striving towards navigating what we are, who we are and why.
So I am saying that movement gives us meaning and a mechanism to process our past lived experiences to make sense of them and organise them in our body and mind to support us in the future.
Where sport is about competition and the media narrative is often about crushing it or you are less than so you need to do more. Movement is about connection and when we connect the dots there unfolds an infinite opportunity irrespective of age and ability. The body feels seen, heard and safe, and that is an environment for growth.
So I am saying do what attracts you, it may never have been in your mind before but by listening in to our body and its needs there is something to glean for progress. It may not be what you think it is. But the idea that we will glean what we can glean when we are ready to glean what we are ready to glean.
Be curious, ask questions, enjoy the expression and know that the more we express the more our capacity for learning and growth will occur.
Kicking off the series is our conversation with Dan Armstrong who I met whilst cold sea swimming and connected with over a hot warm drink afterwards. I listened as he expressed his practice of running, sea swimming, structure, simple rules to live by and the freedom that occurred at a time of a family experience that does happen and turns our perspective and why upside down.
I thank Dan for his time in conversation, and the time spent with him over the last few years. As with all of these conversations the what, the activity is not the main draw. It is the principles, experience of someone else and the meaning, the ‘why’ that is the guide.
Enjoy, share and let us know if you have an experience that you feel would be beneficial to share.
Today we bring up the concept of the Shadow, the term coined by Carl Jung to describe the place where we store our psychological wounds, negative thought patterns and ancestral baggage which can weigh us down and prevent our true self emerging and ascending in the world.
Chris and I have both been interested in this concept as we became curious as to how people including ourselves would find movement, sport, physical activity healing to our soul and psyche, and also a distraction when used and abused. Just the idea that there was something not quite right with me due to my past experiences sounded woo woo, and a little daft until I began to recognise patterns emerging in how I would deal with certain situations which seemingly reappeared throughout my daily life. The ones where someone says or doesn’t say something to you and it triggers a cascade of thoughts and emotions that come from seemingly nowhere.
That nowhere is the shadow, the side of yourself which you don’t see but is very much there and influencing your every move and action. They are the unopened boxes in the metaphorical loft, where you don’t really want to go into them because they hold memories which you don’t want to relive.
But it is not all negative, in the sense that by shining a light on the shadow and unpacking the boxes, what doesn’t belong to you can be acknowledged and given back to where it came, or be accepted and put to use as a positive. That is shadow work, a very powerful tool that supports you in explaining, acknowledging and integrating the uncomfortable parts of our past present and future self.
Chris holds space with shadow and transformational expert Farah Siddiq whose own experiences and family history led her to taking a deep and often painful dive into her families ancestry to explore and expose the karmic debt which is passed down the line until settled by a family member.
As with much that is being exposed about human kinds ancestry, we have a choice to settle the debts and create a future that is one based on forgiveness, love and compassion rather than fear, shame and guilt.
Follow Farah on her social networks:
www.farahsiddiq.com
@farahmsiddiq
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Glen Burrows, co-founder of ethicalbutcher.co.uk talks regenerative and grass-fed farming and how the industrial food industry has removed the nutrients of the food we eat for their own gain. We as a society can inspire farmers to rediscover the farming methods which restore the earth we live on and sustain healthy, nutrient-dense, and complete animals and plants.
Glen first wrote for weMove.world in Issue 1 with his essay “Watch what you eat” and how the labels we define ourselves by can create a straight jacket for our own growth and health in all senses.
Three years on we catch up with Glen as he prepares to launch his new venture Ethical Butcher, an online butcher dedicated to providing meat that is better for our health and the planet, inspiring a return to natural farming techniques, an honoring of the animals themselves rather than a cheap mass-produced mechanised machine.
We cover some ground and link into the wider world of farming, regenerative techniques, soil health, functional medicine, Zach Bush MD, Dr. Mark Hyman, the BSE/Mad Cow Disease crisis of the late 80s.
Since recording this episode Ethical Butcher is now live and delivering respected and honoured high quality meat to omnivores around the UK.
This week James speaks to Ryan Willms who James first met back in 2008 in their previous careers in mens fashion. Having not kept in touch since then, it was a post written by Ryan in 2019 sharing his new direction and perspective for what was important - purpose and health that created an opportunity for reconnection.
Ryan’s journey to date will resonate with many of you. Developing a successful career, working relentlessly and overlooking the vehicle that created the success, his body and mind. From creating a successful publishing/media company titled Inventory, Ryan moved from Vancouver to New York, the logical step for career success. My experience of New York is one of hyperdrive, the pace is relentless and combined with with ever quickening world of fashion losing sight or even abandoning our health and sanity easily happens.
Ryan got to the end of his road on a photoshoot in Alaska, and it was a serendipitous meeting of one of the team that gave Ryan the opportunity to begin to assess his situation and begin to navigate back to himself. From New York the move to California beckoned, a return to a pace of life more in keeping with our bodies whilst still connected to his career as Creative Director, Ryan embarked on his return to wellness, studying under the Master Teacher Paul Chek, becoming a health coach in his own right and utilising his career experience to create a new platform combining his refined aesthetic with his experiences and discoveries of movement, healing and purpose with readintothewell.com alongside his column for Mr Porter.
We cover a fair bit of ground from the end of his old life in fashion, to working with health coaches, talk therapy, the power of Ayahuasca and plant medicine and how we can redirect the course of our lives by switching from making decisions with our ego to making decisions from a place of love and compassion to ourselves and others.
This conversation which would have been done in Los Angeles had the global lockdown not surfaced. So this one is done on Skype and occasionally the quality drops in and out.
Dan Brulé is a lynchpin in the breathing world. He was literally destined to teach breathing after being inspired as a four year old in school when his teacher read a passage from the Book of Genesis:
“Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”
Not everyones go to book, but it created a fascination with breath that led Dan to become an X Ray technician (his first X ray being a patients lungs), a Special Forces diver, a deep sea diver aswell as travelling the world learning the Eastern traditions of breathwork from Chi Gong to Pranayama aswell as Holotropic breathwork with Stanislav Grov and Rebirthing with Leonard Or.
And it was Dan’s book Just Breathe, which brought him to our attention, connecting many of the dots we had discovered in our conversations with other Breathwork teachers and guides.
He has done it all, so it is fitting that he is called the Bruce Lee of breathwork by Tony Robins (the world-renowned motivational/transformational speaker).
In this podcast Dan describes Breath and breathwork as the Swiss Army knife of life, the tool of our day and the single most important thing you can do to become healthier in your body and your mind.
He encourages us to go and explore how we breathe, why we breathe and how we breathe differently in different situations. Like the practitioners from ancient times knew and modern day science is discovering. Developing awareness for how we breath and a daily breathwork practice does and will change your life for the better.
Dan’s studies are summed up in his concise framework for transforming your Self. Wake Up, Let go and Take Charge.
Dan’s relaxed style and inspiring stories encourages us to develop a relationship with our breath to develop our concentration and focus, to become sharper in thinking and clearer in thought.
In essence take control of your breath and you will take back control of your health and your life. As Dan says:
“ you can breathe to get rid of headaches, or you can breath to see God. What do you wanna do?!”
Visit our website weMove.world for Dans tips on getting started with some simple exercises that you can do anytime and anywhere.
Health. It has become a front page topic these days, but do you know what good health feels like?
In a culture and a society where we have been encouraged/coerced to hand our innate responsibilities to corporations or other so called experts, the majority of us have unknowingly handed over the most precious and potent resource we have. Our health.
Good health isn’t a green juice in stead of lunch, neither is going to see your GP, or masking your feelings and symptoms with pills and drugs.
"Good health is a presence of a superior state of wellbeing, a vigor, a vitality that you have to work for every single day of your life.” (Doc Paskowitz). The caveat being you have to work for every single day of your life.
Today we speak to Alex Johnson, an osteopath and natural lifestyle coach and talk about how the body, YOUR body has the ability to maintain its own health and regulate itself providing it is treated like your most prized possession.
Alex talks about how we can support our body each day with 8 simple steps, from drinking nourishing water, to daily movement and spinal integrity we can begin to experience an upgrade in how we feel, how we think and how we see ourselves and the world around us.
We are all in this together, our health is our own responsibility, but we need to be shown how to maintain it and improve it. The end result is the same for all of us, but we do have the choice as to how we live our lives up to then.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast coming live from my living room and the wonders of Zoom whilst we are in this time of isolation.
So the last week or so, we have been surrounded by news, news and more news on Covid 19/Coronavirus.
I wanted to know more about what we can personally do to regain some control of our Selves whilst the news and media does its best to create increasing levels of fear, panic and hysteria.
So I made a few phone calls and extended whatsapp messages to the sources that I trust when I have questions health related, both physical and mental and in this case particularly with regards to how we can optimise our immune system and provide it with the resources to do what it needs to do.
Having knowledge that I trust from those who are at the tip of the spear in their fields gives me the opportunity to makes necessary steps forward, I trust you get something from this conversation that can be actionable and timely to support you through this defining era of the new decade.
From Chris and me, take care of yourselves and reach out to us if you have any more questions.
Peace.
This is the second part of the podcast we recoded with the NonProphet guys; Mark Twight and Michael Blevins from our trip to the US in Oct 19. Pt One is Ep 58.
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Todays episode is the breathing equivalent of finding the last Panini football sticker for the World Cup book. It comes as no surprise if you are a regular listener that we have a keen interest in breathwork and the many methods and applications of this performance super power we all have access to.
The weMove journey literally began in the house of Wim Hof as he was the cover star for the first print issue we produced. Over the course of the journey we have become good friends with the other masters of breath from Nicola Price to Brian Mackenzie and Rob Wilson, Leo Daniel Ryan and Eddie Stern.
And today is the missing sticker. Patrick McKeown.
International best-selling author of The Oxygen Advantage and creator and master instructor of the Oxygen Advantage® technique, Patrick McKeown is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading breathing re-education experts. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or an Olympic athlete, McKeown teaches you a fast, simple, and certain way to revolutionize your sports performance and improve your daily wellbeing and health. Over the past 15 years Patrick has trained thousands of persons around the world to safely challenge their bodies and produce positive changes through breathing re-education. His technique teaches a new way to breathe, combined with specific exercises designed to improve blood chemistry. The results are an increase of oxygen flow to all of your body’s systems, meaning increased endurance, strength, and power.
And for those in London and curios for some in-person training, Patrick brings the Oxygen Advantage® workshops to the city next weekend - 6th - 8th March. Check the Oxygen Advantage® insta for more details.
Peace.
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Plants are being talked about a lot, from plant based diets to the healing power of medicinal plants that there must be and is from our experience something in it, and so following on from Maribeth Helens podcast last week Chris is keeping the conversation in the plant world with a focus on CBD, the cannabis family derived extract which is gaining momentum as a super plant that can be used for pretty much anything from anxiety to sore muscles.
When we are in the US CBD is included in pretty much anything you can imagine but there are various strengths, types, flavours brands and to be honest it has been quite confusing to us and others even those selling it.
Today Chris sat with Nia Davies the founder of the Yugenial CBD brand here in London to discover her journey to the plant, her crossover from studying medicine to starting Yugenial, how it has helped her and others and what to look for in your choice.
We will be releasing more conversations along the power of plants from the mild to more wild so if you are interested keep your eyes peeled or sign up to our newsletter which we are finally ready to begin. It has only been 4 years!
Welcome to this week's we move podcast.
Today's conversation marks a gentle beginning to a Discovery in our own lives that has become really important to us in an our journey to making sense of the world of physical culture and the contemporary drive for success which emphasises the importance of intensity.
And increasingly we experience the opposite when spending time with those people that we respect and admire for what they have done or are doing.
They are living with intention as opposed to living intensely and are applying a generous dose of self-care in order to nourish their physical and mental states. And this-results, in an ability to listen and feel the innate wisdom that we have within our bodies to guide us in how we live, train, move, work and be in relationship with one another.
And this conversation has come about through a chance purchase by Chris of a very simple unassuming ‘zine found in a store 12 months prior and it made a very real impact on him, so much so that he reached out to the author who is based in LA and around when we were visiting on our trip.
Maribeth Helen writes and creates tools for reconnecting with the intuitive centers that help to guide us, that help to shine a bit of light as we traverse our path through this world and find the courage to explore what is self-supporting for each of us.
These discoveries came through her own learning that we need a true support network to heal and develop our Selves and that we can't do it alone as Maribeth says we don’t need to.
Having spent nearly a decade learning from the wisdom of the plants which have become the foundation of her work in guiding our Selves back to the wisdom of our own body and intuition.
Through a platform of ‘zines, workshops, weekly newsletters Maribeth offers an invitation to come into deeper self-awareness as a path towards aligned self-healing by reconnecting with our own individual truth and how this truth is an essential thread in the collective web of healing we are weaving, together.
The conversation touches many subjects from the power of plants, the respect they are due and the respect we must have for our own Selves to allow healing and growth to flourish.
So this might bring up some ideas about the tea you drink about how you look at plants and the connection we have with the natural world while the episode connects dots from previous the previous podcasts encouraging a gentler more connected approach to developing our physical, mental and connected self and move towards a world where we live with intention rather than living in tension with ourselves and others.
Enjoy the episode, we will share links to Maribeth’s ‘zines and website and as always share the episode with those you feel it might resonate with.
Peace.
Welcome to the weMove Podcast. Last week we spoke with Jill Miller about the importance of creating a safe space for the body to release and let go of the tension it holds unnecessarily.
This week we follow that up with Troy Casey aka @certifiedhealthnut who we ice bathed, and sat with in the glorious Californian sun to hear his route from hedonistic model to a being focussed on the true essence of being a healthy self, and that is to heal thy self.
Troy is a CHEK practitioner, fitness and lifestyle coach who looks the result of the protocols and practices he teaches.
Both Chris and I were unsure of what to expect when we turned up in Venice, based on his instagram account. Well looks can be deceiving and what followed was such a clear story of his progression from the party hard model to the conduit to support others on their journey to good health.
We talk health and healing protocols, plant medicines from simple herbs to the powerful and sacred Ayahuasca and equally importantly the spaces that he and his network create for both men and women to feel safe to connect with their Yin and Yang sides and release the trauma that we carry unknowingly through our lives. Chris and I are big advocates for this type of work in a personal and safe group setting because from our personal experiences so much that happens to us is a result of learned behaviours, modelled to us as we grow up, which then become distorted to the point that we are held back by our own ideas of what we saw.
If you do feel a yearning or a desire to find a group of likeminds then follow it. The positive change that comes from making those steps can seem daunting at first but they can set the tone from the day you decide onwards. Hugely worth it.
Welcome to this weeks weMove podcast.
Is something in your body hurting or not clicking right, are you ready to unwind your old assumptions about your body and movement to move forward. This episode might be just what you re looking for.
On reflection into how I have tended to do things, I have, up until the last few years been very singular in my activities, life was all about climbing, then about developing a business, that led to running and on and on this went until I felt like I got to the end of the tracks for that way of being.
I had no idea what the cost was of the movement/activities I was doing because that was all I was doing. In every instance it led to imbalances and an inevitable break down of the vehicle I was travelling in. My body.
And lo and behold this episode is about ways and strategies to regain balance, resilience and connection to what can be done.
We are speaking with Jill Miller co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the self-care fitness formats Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® Method.
With more than 30 years of study in anatomy and movement, she is a pioneer in forging relevant links between the worlds of fitness, yoga, massage, athletics and pain management. She is known as the Teacher’s Teacher and has trained thousands of movement educators, clinicians, and manual therapists to incorporate her paradigm shifting self-care fitness programming into athletic and medical facility programs internationally.
As the creator of some of the world's best mobility tools, she has crafted original programs for 24 Hour Fitness, Equinox, YogaWorks, and numerous professional sports teams. She and her team of 500+ trainers help you to live better in your body with an emphasis on proprioception, mobility, breath mechanics and recovery.
This connects well with our Gary Ward episode and also the Rewire Project episode combining new ways of thinking to the worlds of fitness, health and wellbeing.
Explore the edges, the opposites and all the grey areas in between. Crossfitters, be uncomfortable in meditation, explore the stillness. Yogi’s? Be under load, lift weights, feel the resistance, feel the opposing forces and experience fully what you and your body can do.
Enjoy.
How much in your life do you do that just sucks or you go out of your way to avoid? For the most part we live in or very close to, states of underlying fear, overwhelm and anxiety and they affect our ability to live in our potential and take ourselves to another level. It isn’t the removal of the situations which cause these states that is the key but rather developing the ability to stay calm within ourselves and adapt to the situation which presents itself and move through it with the minimum amount of friction.
And we can do this with the right training, the right people around us and as our mentor Tony Molina says, when we have got to the point where we know that change is required and we no longer want to go on living the way we are.
And it is under that premise that we release this weeks conversation with performance director for the performance and longevity protocol XPT, Coach PJ Nestler.
We have watched XPT develop for a few years now and with two of our good friends @kimmy.moss and @richienorton_ XPT instructors we were delighted to sit with PJ and talk through what the XPT system is, what it can do for individuals and how we have the ability to continuously adapt ourselves to overcome our perceived limits and remain calm in the face of a storm.
On the physical surface level we love XPT for its combination of underwater pool training, sauna and ice bath practices and the full range of breathing practices and more, which in and of themselves are great fun to test yourself surrounded by other like minds. But what holds the eternal appeal for us with XPT is the way PJ and the founders Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece think about life, performance and potential.
It connects and resonates with our own views on life, performance and potential and gives another flavour and blend of how physical movement, ice, sauna, breathwork can combine to unlock the potential we all have within us, and the key to unlocking many of the doors is to learn and practice the skills which diffuse the emotions that arise when we face the things which we are so accustomed to running away from.
This weeks podcast is with Kimmy Moss who is one of the team at Deuce Gym, founder of Breath & Exposure and a kindred spirit for her love of the ice bath and what it does for anyone who steps in and goes inside.
We met Kimmy like many of our LA friends through Carl Paoli when he hosted his new seminar the Freestyle Insider in London back in early 2019. Shared ideas and a connection over soccer, for Chris and Kimmy at least led us to want to sit down with Kimmy when we were back in LA and hit record.
We talk about her transition from the soccer field to the position of coach and how this has created within her a definite ability to support her athletes to realise something more within themselves, the hidden potential that lies deep beneath the layers of our conditioning and what we think we can do.
That idea is something Chris and I believe greatly in and that is also the challenge that we all face to realise the potential inside, the challenge being peeling back those layers that we add over time. And this is where the ice comes in for Kimmy who dabbled with the sports ice bath during her soccer years and then evolved into her coming under the wing of Laird Hamilton and Gabbi Reece with the XPT Fitness protocol which places a great emphasis on longevity and adaptation.
Kimmy has now evolved her own method and playbook for how breath work and exposure (both hot and cold) can create strides in our ability to adapt and respond to increasing stress be it performance or life.
Love her style, its crisp and clear and holds the athlete in their highest with a hint of eye contact when they feel like backing off from what they can achieve.
Who would have thought getting in ice baths would have such a profound effect on the psyche and physiology. It’s something that is for anyone but might not be for everyone. It takes curiosity to seek whats on the other side of discomfort. If you are curious give it a go, find the groups who do it and share in the experience for yourself.
Hey There, and welcome to this weeks episode on the weMove podcast. This is the third podcast from our recent trip to the US.
Back in Issue 1 we hung out with Carl Paoli, the former gymnast, turned movement specialist. He said often that we should move by feel, and that whilst there are principles of movement, these are often lost in the desire to follow the method verbatim, with little appreciation for the principles which the method is based upon.
Inevitably this leads to a robotic like pursuit of something that is unknown, a hollow approach to experiencing something so physical.
And that is where we are exploring today with former Olympic swimming medalist, Caro Burckle.
For an Olympian athlete under the spotlight, she experienced the intensity required to meet the requirements of others. The requirement to win, and with it the mechanistic approach that performance is given, forgetting the importance of feel and focussing on splits, times, weight and distance.
Caro’s performance lay in her intuitive approach to her craft. Her love of water was instant and in the streaming for performance, she experienced a disconnect between her craft and her feel, her love for the very thing that made her come alive.
During the podcast we talk about the importance of finding our own meaning in the information and methods given to us, the importance of following our Self and creating something uniquely our own on the road to potential.
And we touch on where she has come since retiring from the pinnacle of her sport and that is @riseathetes, the mentorship program for young aspiring athletes by those who have walked the path and are now giving back to the next generation whilst realising their purpose after sport.
We need mentors and guides who can listen, reframe and share their experiences to know we are not alone in what we go through. From professional sport to our chosen career or even being a parent, the benefits of mentors and the connection that comes with them, is worth its weight in gold.
Enjoy the episode, as always there is some great material in there and do share it to anyone you think might be interested or is going through something that connects with the theme of today.
Hey there and welcome to this weeks weMove podcast and this is the second podcast from our 2019 US trip. For those new to listening our intention with the podcast and the publications is to inspire and nurture through movement but more often than not we realise that movement is just a tool to strip away the layers of our identity in order to get to our true potential.
This episode started off in the movement space with our friendship with one of the guests that has led on to a deeper understanding of what he is building in the physical culture space with his growing number of gyms, strengthening culture and thriving community, and more importantly the principles behind it. Because the principles enable us to go beyond what we thought was possible, and going beyond rarely goes in the way we have been told to expect it and what we talk about in this episode is no different.
In San Diego we sat down on the comfy seats of Cara Millers office with Logan Gelbrich to talk why constructive criticism won’t move the needle and seeking the parts of us that lets us down and working on them will, shining a light on our weaknesses and those of others in our team in an open and supportive culture to accelerate us towards our goals.
Logan Gelbrich is founder of Deuce Gym and Cara Miller, developmental coach, organisational consultant and leadership designer has worked with Logan since Deuce was an idea creating a culture which is way more than a gym, it is a community and culture sitting smack bang in the middle of performance, community lifestyle intersection.
This is about how there is so much more growth to be gained by closing the gap on something you are not good at rather than how much growth you can gain by incremental gains on something you are already good at.
It pays to focus on the thing that gives you consistent growth and development. The caveat being Honesty, radical transparency and commitment are non negotiable.
There are layers in this and a myriad of connections to other episodes, most notably the Jami Tikkanen episode.
Enjoy, share, spread the word and thanks for listening.
This episode is taken from our most recent trip to the US. Every time we go away it’s a new trip with new insights and new perspectives. Increasing our awareness of the connections between the methods and ideas of the creators. Relentless in their pursuit of the creative endeavor. Their art form if you will.
This was the midway point of our road trip having come from Colorado, through New Mexico and then across the mid West to Salt Lake City Utah to meet Mark Twight and Michael Blevins.
For some these names will mean nothing, for others who were climbing in the 90’s Marks name will ring a bell and for others who are fully in the deep end of physical culture Mark created Gym Jones. An idea and philosophy of training, constantly asking questions and testing ideas formed from the depths of pushing and suffering in the mountains.
Mark met Michael through Gym Jones and these two went forward creating something purer, deeper and richer in the world of physical culture with Nonprophet, an evolving stable of mediums, from publishing and photography (Raze & Refuge), the Dissect podcast the Fitness is Fucked symposium and where we met, the physical space in Salt Lake City. Combined and individually the mediums have the power to influence and change those who connect and are prepared to do ‘the work’.
Since we first saw the zine they produced under the title Raze “a fistfight with nature” at Barbers Gym we have wanted to sort this trip out, we are listeners of their Dissect podcast and it’s the perspective and opinions they take, looking through different lenses to most that piques our interest. They are defiantly individual yet share much common ground with the other vanguards we are meeting. So we arrived in Salt Lake City and sat with them in their studio and talked.
We talked about the common ground we share, of creating manifestations of ideas we have had and the importance of continuously evolving our Selves and the mediums with which we put ideas out in to the world. The latter often being a point of contention for those who are comfortable in staying put and not evolving. This is highly principled non dogmatic dogma.
We change over time and with the right environment we grow and that is the richness of creating and putting ideas out in to the world supported by an environment, which holds us accountable to do the things we need to do but so often put off because they feel uncomfortable.
As Michael said: “We need someone to push us in the direction we are not willing to go in order to create the change we say we want.”
Change, adaptation, transformation. All create discomfort, all can foster suffering but through the other side we are more than the person we were when we went in.
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Have you had a time in your life when you are managing pain, through a new or old injury or some other kind of pain that just appeared and it has just lingered? Chances are you have had one of those and this weeks episode is absolutely worth a listen.
This week we are speaking with Perry Nickelston aka @stopchasingpain. We have been following Perry for a while now and he comes up in conversation when I’m training at my local box.
The work Perry is putting out is incredible, he is a chiropractic physician who specialises in supporting people to get out of pain. Not pain free as he says during the podcast but able to manage and move through pain.
I’ve struggled with a dodgy knee for a couple of years now, since dislocating it and it has been a constant niggle in my performance. But since following Perry and delving deeper into why the pain is there and where it actually begins has been a fascinating journey.
Like many other of the minds we speak to, he references the importance to move, to lift, to hydrate but this time through a filter of the Lymph system. Our bodies natural waste removal system which stagnates when we become sedentary and can back up, much like a sewage system in our cities.
Like each conversation we have on the show, there is a rich mine of information and concepts and this is for anyone who trains, wants to live feeling better or has pain somewhere in their body that they are trying to manage.
And the take away for me is that although you might feel pain in a part of your body. The source is likely to be nothing to do with the pain you are feeling, but are you willing to go looking for the true source?
Been wanting to have this conversation for a while now and so delighted to have recorded this and now putting it out.
Are you prepared to do what is necessary in order to become the best version of yourself?
This question jumped out at me as I was listening to todays episode of the weMove podcast with Jami Tikkanen, performance coach to the elite CrossFit athletes Annie Thorisdottir and BK Gudmundsen.
We have been waiting for over 12 months to sit down with Jami after first meeting him for Issue 1 of our publication back in 2015. Since then he has been perpetually on the road, refining the training of his athletes to compete at the highest level in the world of CrossFit and it is clearly working.
OF course we aren’t all going to be elite level performers, that as we hear is a perfect blend of factors, but we can effect our performance and potential as our selves and Jami outlines ideas as to how we can. And these are the very same as he applies and develops in the athletes he trains to become their own potent best.
We cover some ground, from the positive effects of Trust and belief, to the mental skill of performance on demand and how we can achieve our human potential by consistently i.e. daily challenging ourselves with things that we haven’t done before be they physical, mental, fitness goals or career goals. Surrounding our selves with others who believe in your ability and will support you to gain the experiences, which are needed to help you on the path.
This was one of those episodes that I had forgotten about and after the first listen, it went on repeat twice and then I got a fourth listen before the family woke up because there is so much in there to be had.
For anyone who believes they have more or are looking for those ways in which they can step up to the next level this is a must. Improving is a long goal built on small steps and as Jami reiterated a consistently strong foundation of the basics.
After my 5th listen in two days I am already gearing up for my next early morning playback. Enjoy and as always, let us know what you think of the episode.
This week's podcast is a conversation about principles and philosophies. When we started weMove 4 years ago Chris and I were fortunate enough to get to spend some time with Wim Hof at a time he was relatively unknown and the concept of breathing as a practice outside of yoga and pranayama was really in its infancy.
This started us off on a journey to discover how our breath and the various techniques can support us in realising the potential we have as individuals to change for the better. That search and journey lead us to meet Brian McKenzie in the wilds of Oregon for issue 2 which you can download in digital format on our website and when we met Brian it was clear that there was more to breathing that wasn't always being explained.
Brian is passionately interested about the transformative power of breathing and how it's at the centre of literally everything we do. THe word Inspire literally means 'to take breath in', so with everyone talking about being inspired they are often overlooking what that actually means, which is to breathe life into the action.
And it's this philosophical side that's grounded actually in fundamental principles and that's what this podcast is about because Brian and his partner Rob Wilson have created the Art of Breath, a principles-based approach to breathwork, demystifying a lot of the more mystical elements of breathing and passing on the principles so everyone has the tools to really bring about a fundamental upgrade in themselves. And that's why we love Brian and Rob so much because they are straight talking, easy to understand and much deeper than simply the words they speak.
And that's what this podcast is about , understanding and mastering the pricniples of breathing and being in order to apply them as you wish to enhance your life.
Enjoy and as always let us know your thoughts in the comments below or email us.
hey there and welcome to another episode of the wemove podcast. this week Chris was in conversation with Sophie Everard @Sophiemadtolive, surfer, snowboarder and world adventurer.
Sophie I would say is cut from a similar cloth to Richie Norton in many ways, with the belief that when we move ourselves, when we move our bodies we in turn move our mind, and change our chemistry inside and how we see the world outside.
Chris and Sophie talk about growing up with a dad and a mum who were both super active, entrepreneurial and pro discovering who you are and living in the present moment.
There's a lovely little bit on fear and what fear is. Mental health and building mental resilience which ties into @tiffanysoi podcast she did for us, so this is one of those podcasts that has links into many other podcasts whilst also learning about Sophie and her journey to how she sees the world.
It's a great conversation that I have listened to a few times this last week with some different perspectives on many things that I have been thinking and I'm sure you will have also thought so enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to this week's episode of the weMove podcast.
This week's podcast is for those who are looking for or working towards improving themselves, their movement practice, their health practice, in fact any practice. And it follows on from the last two podcasts with Gary Ward and Severin Romanov.
It's about awareness, and in that I mean cultivating awareness and within the cultivation of our awareness, a return to the fundamentals and to the principles of the very thing we are trying to improve.
We recorded this episode back in March of this year and it's curious, to me at least how we have these conversations and how unknowingly at the time how relevant they are to us come the time we release them, because they are not recorded at the time only knowing they are a piece of the puzzle. And this is the next piece of the puzzle and our guest is Ray Carbullido the martial artist and visual artist from Hawaii
Whilst his practices might not be your practice, for Ray it's the fundamentals and the experiences that martial arts has given him since he began practicing as a child that have enabled him to cultivate and develop himself and his potential. That is the essence of Rays message in his workshops and teachings.
And I'm listening back to the podcast these months later it is astonishing to me how simple his messages when at the time I'm what I was hearing I wasn't in the right place to receive the information and now we put this out it feels to me like I can hear what he says and the simplicity in which awareness and the cultivation of awareness can be gained. It's cool it's really cool and it might be for you like it was some he kind of straight over my head but returning to it a few months later was exactly the podcast for me at this time so enjoy and as always let us know what you think
Hey there and welcome to another episode of the we move podcast. This week we are sharing a conversation with Severin Romanov about recognising where you are and the importance of having a clear understanding of that position in order to grow and become.
Severin is the son of Dr Romanov, the founder of POSE METHOD, most commonly known within running circles and a style which our good friend @thenaturallifestylist Tony Riddle mentioned in our first podcast with him.
I caught up with Severin in London as he was passing through only really knowing that his Dad, Dr R had discovered POSE METHOD.
I took a lot from the conversation because it's more about understanding who you are and where you are send finding a magic bullet to increase your performance.
As Severin outlines, knowing who you are and knowing where you are gives a much clearer idea for yourself in working out how to get where you'd like to go and in actual fact you are you and you're exactly where you need to be and if you have presence of mind and awareness you can evolve and continue learning and I think that's really it so enjoy the conversation and let us know what you think.
Hey there and welcome to another episode of the weMove podcast. This week we caught up with Eddie Stern one of the original Ashtangi crew who ventured over to Mysore in India to learn the practice of Ashtanga yoga back in the late 80’s early 90’s.
Something that has really interested Chris and I in the weMove journey is getting to talk to the people who have been at the start of movements, what they were looking for and what they have to share. And Eddie definitely feels like one of those for us to glean some knowledge from and connect with others who we are meeting.
Growing up in New York, when New York was a very different place to what it is today working in record stores, playing in bands Eddie discovered yoga in a quest for the feeling of more we feel about being Human.
That led him to the small and diverse New York yoga scene of the early 80s when there was no Instagram and social media, but there was definitely a passion, desire and curiosity in our potential and consciousness.
This quest led Eddie to venture further afield to India and we talk to Eddie about seemingly disparate that connected groups of people in this podcast the straight edge punk scene in New York and the hardcore rigorous committed life of an Ashtanga yogi heading out to the home of the practice in Mysore, India to learn from the founders of the practice.
Whilst Asthanga might not be everyone's cup of tea what interests us is to learn about the curiosity in which Eddie has taken into the practice and then onwards with his exploration into the philosophy and pranayama aspects of the practice. This connects the dots with our interest in the power of breathing which has fascinated us since issue 1 of weMove.
Eddie also recently launched his book titled “One Simple Thing. A new look at the science of Yoga and how it can transform your life.” Along with a breathing app you can download for Apple or Android which Chris and I use regularly for our ice bath sessions to support our focus and relaxation when the mind is going wild.
Its super simple to use and in conjunction with the Shift State app from Brian Mackenzie and Rob Wilson, these are our go-to’s.
So enjoy the conversation, Eddie was super gracious in his time with us and we look forward to getting a round two in at some point in the next 12 months.
Enjoy.
Hey there and welcome to another episode of the weMove podcast.
Today we feature Gary Ward who was on our radar in Issue 1 of the magazine when we featured his book “What the foot” as an essential book to read for movement performance and health.
Fast forward 3 or 4 years and we're speaking to him person having been connected by our growing network of like minds.
Gary Ward is kind of a secret weapon in injury prevention, performance development and all around bodily health because Gary is interested in awareness and alignment. Awareness not only in the present sense but also awareness of our past.
Because tuning in to the events of our past can shine a light on how it has informed our present way of moving, living and being and with this awareness we have the potential to improve our alignment of our body and I think it goes much deeper and I believe it helps a line our body and mind and our spirit in order to to reach your potential.
Gary's credentials are working with some of the best football teams in the Premiership as well as various athletes and us regular folk. All starting life as a ski boot fitter in Chamonix. Who would have thought that those big stiff clunky boots would be the catalyst for working out how we can improve ourselves as human beings.
Chris has been working with one of his is students Dominic Koch for I think the last year now and has had great improvements albeit seemingly having to take a few steps back in order to move forward which reminds me of a great quote I had a great quote yesterday which was to “withdraw before making the jump” and I think there's something in that.
We have got to go back into our past to clean things up and realign them in order for us to reach where we set our sights on, and I think that goes across sports performance, health, life, work, everything.
So enjoy this podcast , there are some really great ideas and insights from Gary. And if anyone's interested in ridding their body of the injuries that keep coming up for them its worth checking out what he does and his the methodologies Gary uses as part of his Anatomy in Motion methodology. I would certainly recommend it and from what I have seen and heard, it may well change the way you think and move and I'm pretty confident it will set you on a new path of achieving what you set out to achieve.
New podcast this week and it's different from our usual releases yet follows on from the brilliant 3 podcasts @tiffanysoi hosted for weMove that talked about mental resilience in a variety of forms.
What we are beginning to realize is that weMove started life as an exploration into our potential and is in part autobiographical for Chris and me. The connections that we share are from teachers we have been drawn to, inspired by and curious to learn from. The magazine, podcast, films and C.H.E. are our vehicles to spend time with, learn from and connect to our weMove community who share a similar curiosity for our innate potential and possibility. We turn up with open hearts and minds ready to receive wisdom from their experiences. What that means for us is that we turn up as students and explorers of our Self, prepared to deep-dive in doing the work for our own growth.
We have come to realise from observation and personal experience that growth can be extremely painful and there is an absolute necessity during these times to be still, patient and allow it to unfold. Painful layers are sometimes revealed, and without frameworks and an understanding, sometimes reactions can overtake the stillness. This is an experience that I recently had, which led me to experience an “emotional hijacking” caused by deep conditioning and a very real attempt at taking my own life.
To be clear and very thankful to those close to me I'm still here and doing what needs to be done, connecting dots and reframing many memories of past experiences. Whilst at the time this was a scary and painful place to be, ultimately this has delivered a positive outcome. I'm more aware than ever of the deep conditioning that has been with me and developed overtime and it now presents itself to be acknowledged, released and in turn grow. It goes without saying that I and we (my family and Chris) need the space to process, integrate and heal, and consequently we are putting C.H.E. on hold in order to move forward, take the lessons that come from going deep into modalities that deep dive into our potential and shadow.
We thought long and hard about the decision to postpone C.H.E. but this occurrence reconfirmed the importance of being ready and I was caught out. Now I'm not the only one this has and can happen to but what I do know from this experience is that strength and support comes from being open, honest and true.
For that reason I sat in conversation with Damian Fearns one of the C.H.E. mentors/innovators, who has supported me with his professional knowledge as a psycho therapist to navigate myself through this.
We put this out not knowing how it will be received but with faith that the more open the conversation the more we as individuals can feel we are not alone, whatever that is happening.
Peace. James & Chris
Hi Everyone, it’s Tiffany Soithongsuk: welcome to my conversation for WeMove Magazine titled “Living beyond Limits & Mental Resilience”. I am so excited to share my talk with Joey Ansah, an undeniable beacon for these themes: this conversation is well worth its time stamp and I urge you to listen all the way through.
Joey Ansah, of British-Ghanian descent, is an actor, film maker & lifelong martial artist. He is renowned for THAT iconic fight scene with Matt Damon in the action thriller The Bourne Ultimatum. In more recent times, you may have seen him in MI6, Aladdin, to name a couple. He is also the director- producer of the revamped comic-cult web series of “Street Fighter”.
Joey is one of the most charismatic, articulate and knowledgeable men I know. This conversation is a revelation on multiple levels: Yes, he shares fascinating insight into the acting industry - the graft, the patience and the will needed to succeed. As a martial artist, he shares his deep appreciation and application of the philosophies around the spirit of essence & endurance, that lead to mastery not just in physical terms, but in this game of life. But what really hits hard and ties this all up is his sincerity in opening up about his nervous breakdown: Joey is able to express and articulate the mechanics of his breakdown which I hope will be of real insight - if not comfort - for those who have suffered, or are suffering, from panic attacks/phobias, extreme distress and/or depression. In touching on the realities of suicidal thinking, we also highlight the power of genuine human connection and how at the root of all, that is what we all really crave in life.
On the parallels of his journey through film, physicality, and all important mindset, we see how discipline, process, observation, and choosing to be pro-active vs reactive can be the differentiating factor in finding a way through this life. There is so much to learn from in this conversation and I hope you relish the dialogue.
As Joey shares: “Try to not let fear consume you completely, maintain your will, get help if you need it, find your way through, keep the fight…endure.”
If you are in need of mental health support or resources, I highly recommend the Samaritans samaritans.org and Mind mind.org.uk
Joey Ansah
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This is Tiffany Soi and welcome to this conversation for my WeMove series: “Living beyond Limits & Mental Resilience”. I am very pleased to be sharing my dialogue with Niraj Shah:
Niraj is the founder of Mind: Unlocked, one of London's leading mental well-being communities. They are developing evidence-based, practical, digital tools to help people around the world optimise their mental well-being and mindset. He is also European Co-Chair for Silicon Valley’s Transformative Technology Lab - the largest global community of entrepreneurs using technology to raise mental health, emotional well-being and human thriving.
Niraj is a man who encapsulates the themes of this series through his own story - which I frankly find quite shocking, as becomes evident as I process the circumstances in real-time and find myself somewhat unresponsive and blank! - but moreover, he has taken his personal life trauma & his deep founded fascinations to actively drive transformation in the mental health & resilience space as an entrepreneur [with the Mind: Unlocked programme]. There are some real lessons for us to draw on: Life often doesn’t go as planned, but how we choose to engage & respond to our circumstances - good or bad - will be the deciding factor in how our futures can play out. There is so much to learn about our mental capacity in this this honest, frank and very educational episode!
“being able to self-regulate emotionally, and manage our mental wellbeing is going to be fundamental skill in this rapidly changing future”
Mind: Unlocked takes an evidence based, practical and outcome focused approach to mental well-being for 21st century life. It's first online course "How to Build Your Personal Meditation Habit in 21 Days" is being released imminently. For resources & to sign up head to https://mindunlocked.co/ & Instagram @mind.unlocked
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Credit Kristina Kashtanova @backtoenough & Phillip Ruddick for relevant photos
Tiffany Soi
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Hello everyone, this is Tiffany Soithongsuk, or Tiffany Soi as I may be better known, and I am so pleased to be hosting this Friends of WeMove podcast themed Living Beyond Limits & Mental Resilience: an exploration into other’s personal relationship through these themes, not to mention their movement journey. First off, I am supremely grateful to Chris & James for asking me to enquire into these ideas, after having been a guest on the WeMove podcast myself way back in Episode 10 [http://www.wemovemagazine.com/podcasts/2018/7/31/tiffany-soi-climber-astro-physicist]
In order to introduce this series, I thought I would briefly recap that conversation that has led to here: we covered my personal history as as an athlete, more recently as a competitive climber, formerly as a young gymnast with real Olympic goals; my life as a female astrophysicist in science & STEM industries, whilst simultaneously upholding thespian passions; and also being a mixed race woman (at a time where there were few). Within that, we uncovered the personal hurdles I faced in inadvertently challenging a multitude of stereotypes & stigmas about women in science, sport, and the creative space - and with that, the mental health difficulties I worked through in terms of burnout & depression. These are dark and deep topics that I wasn’t expecting to talk about and there is still a lot of fear and stigma attached to talking about these topics for many people. But these were drawn out of me through the powerful and honest conversation we were having.
I am far from alone in these experiences: these themes of living beyond perceived limitations & constructs, mental health/resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity are ones that will resonate with many of you listening. I feel fortunate to be connected to truly inspiring women & men who are achieving incredible things on a mental-physical level. I do believe the extraordinary is occurring around us under the guise of lives labelled ordinary: these are individuals on their own profound journey in breaking boundaries and exercising great mental resilience.
I’m so excited to share my first conversation with Dr Heidy Khlaaf, a woman and friend who is a testament to themes of this series. We had such a big and deep conversation - there are so many juicy nuggets as well as harsh realities that we venture through: from the real impact of poverty trauma; racial prejudice and sexism as an ethnic minority woman; survival mode and eroded mental health; olympic dreams, physical impairment to climbing passions; cultivating healthy partnerships without compromising on self; and the overriding untainted belief in pursuing her true calling as the only real motivator to carrying her through to where she is now - as an athletic, successful, modern woman. Even the f-word that is feminism was dropped. It took some reflection after our conversation for me to process the enormity of the journey Heidy has made and just how powerful inner conviction, sense of truth and tenacity has served in the long haul, not to mention good humour.
Heidy is a Doctor of Computer Science: she received her PhD from UCL, where she also partnered with Microsoft Research. She now works on analysing & developing technology safety systems for industries in nuclear power, aviation, autonomous transport and more. When not immersed in changing our futures on a daily basis, you can find her busting out strong moves at her bouldering gym or crag in London.
I hope there is something that resonates with you in this insightful, open and honest
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This weeks episode has Tony Riddle interviewing Josie Taylor on a Positive Parenting approach to raising our kids.
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Hi there and welcome to the weMove podcast. I’m befuddled to know where to start with this intro. I discovered Santina Giardina Chard on instagram searching for instagram inspiration for my Astanga practice. I’ve done a variety of sports and movement things up until now and often I would get to a fairly proficient level and then move on. I did it with my main love, climbing when I was getting to that point where I could get much better. And this has been a pattern for me in many things through my life. Astanga yoga was a little bit different, my sister suggested I give it a go, being a fairly good judge of my character and so alongside Crossfit and dabbling with climbing I gave it a go. Now Astanga has been and still does get a bad rep, and I should say as pretty much all sports and practices do. But that is not where I am coming at it from. Nor am I coming at it from the heavily entrenched dogma that comes with any practice that makes practitioners feel better and give them a salvation. I used to be on of those runners who would say it would change anyones life, and whilst it might, that’s not the way to inspire. More to be thought of as a nause.
For me, and I can only speak for me. Astanga held a mirror up to me, at close proximity to my worst bits and my potential. And that’s where it started. Too easy to walk away, and yet too beguiling to leave. And that is with all the annoyance I have had with teachers etc when in actual fact that is just a marker of the patterns I have developed over time. It is easier to point the finger than double down, go inside and begin to navigate the mental aspects of a practice.
It’s the mental game that fascinates me more than ever, because that is where the game is won or lost, whatever the game is and that is how I first became intrigued in Santina Giardina Chard, her Astanga practice, her thoughts and reflections and her teaching style which attracted me, I then told Chris and it just so happened she was holding a workshop in Oxford a week or so later. So we did what we do, got in touch and went up to meet her.
At this point, we just followed our guts and intuition. It felt like the right thing to do and the day before I had been pulled back from a pretty bad place and had asked for a sign that what we are doing is the right thing and that we are surrounded by the right people. We weren’t expecting the conversation to go like you will hear. It took both Chris and I off guard. Our approach has always been an open platform to listen and share ideas from people who inspire us. And this was like an electrical surge. And the sign I was asking for, came in the form of a message from Santina the day after we met to come and practice with her in Budapest.
Chris and I both independently went to this workshop, I did the first 4 day and Chris did the second 4. And Awareness happened which literally unlocked my body and others in the space of a few verbal cues. Astanga is a red herring, a ruse, a Trojan horse that on the surface can be taken to be not right for someone, and indeed it might not be. I just feel that often we overlook the gold in something because we take what is on the surface, when the magic is written in between the lines. And to discover the way to see this takes awareness.
So enjoy, this is an episode packed with metaphors, ideas and thoughts. So slow down and go inside. It is worth it.
Friends of weMove guest podcast series.
This weeks episode has Tony Riddle interviewing Katarina Riddle on the subject of raising Children Natures Way.
Hi there and welcome to the weMove podcast. This podcast we talk about something that makes us feel good, we as a society struggle to get enough and it is perhaps the most ignored and forgotten point in our day where we process, recover and regenerate our bodies and minds. I’m talking about sleep.
Chris and I caught up with the professional athletes go to sleep coach who are looking for the marginal gains which separate them from the rest, he is called Nick Littlehales and is ideas and concepts have been used by the GB cycling team, Man City football club and many others that we are not able to divulge.
Having recently become a parent, the first question I am asked in jest is “are you sleeping?” Well since applying the simple ideas Nick outlines, we as a family have improved our sleep no end. We now understand our sleep cycle and rhythm so that we all, yes that’s all sleep through. I should say subject to teething but that’s not sleep.
It blew me away how and is so obvious that understanding and following the rhythm of our own self and not the rhythm of others or a cultured homogenised norm allows us to get the most out of our bodies.
Sleep deprivation has been used as torture, and quite honestly that is not how I wish to live. Connected with Damian Fearns podcast about mental health, understanding your sleep cycles and the benefits of good sleep hygiene might just make the single biggest difference to your mental and physical health, no need for an ice bath, that love affair comes over time!
We will be integrating Nicks ideas at C.H.E. as part of a toolbox of ideas for creating increased awareness in our bodies and minds to perform and live to our potential.
Enjoy.
In our culture, we often live vicariously through others who are living their own adventure safe in our comfortable bubble working 9 to 5 “buying things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like”.
The Hero’s journey theorised by Joseph Campbell begins with the “Call to adventure.” A calling within ourselves that there is something more to give. They come regularly and we can go one of two ways: Refuse the call, get back to work and stop fantasising about our dreams. Or we can take the call and make the leap into the unknown.
The latter correlates with our own journeys and also the podcast with Jamie Ramsay. “Successfully” working in the City, he knew there was something more to give and he did what many choose not to. He resigned and followed a curiosity within himself. That has led him around the world by foot and wheels challenging himself to physical adventures but also the mental adventures that come with following your heart.
If you have an inkling there is more you can do then this is for you.
Why have we got an assessment application to attend C.H.E.? That is a question we have been asked. The C.H.E. is a fast track to developing potential and as the proverb goes “If you want to go fast; go alone. But if you want to go far, then go together.”
To go both far and fast requires a blend, as an individual you have to be ready and as a group the dynamic must be just so that everyone connects and combines supporting each other through the journey.
What do you need to have to both go far and fast? Well this is not like picking teams at school where those picked last weren’t good at the game. Because the game of being a complete human requires a mindset that is ready to learn and develop, that is curious about there being more in the metaphorical tank.
And that is why we called on experts to co create the C.H.E. with us, and one of those experts is Damian Fearns (coach, trainer and therapist) who works with some of the worlds largest organisations and individuals to support them in realising their potential as individuals and teams. Damian designed the C.H.E. assessment with us and is the best person to explain the ins and outs of the assessment and what applicants will experience over the course of the C.H.E.
For those applying this is good information and for those who haven’t and are interested then this is a great short form podcast (<15 minutes) for you.
Register online at weMove.world
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast. Why do we do this stuff, what is it about us humans that want to see what’s beyond the mountains or obstacles in front of us, how do we get meaning from doing what we do and why are emotions so important to the whole performance, growth and progression of our lives? All of these are questions we asked ourselves and are themes that emerge from conversations we have with our guests.
When we meet characters who have achieved great things or are operating in the zone of their potential, there is something that feels very connected within them. Like the dots have lined up and they are able to navigate scenarios be they in sport, business or life with a seeming ease. Now this isn’t to say it is easy for them but they are comfortable in situations that others might not be. Not reckless or dangerous, just able to be present, connected and whole. Like they have integrated practice and theory to the point where in the moment they can create more time to perform. And it is the concept of integration that is coming into more and more of our conversations over the last 6 months and a concept, which is at the heart of the C.H.E. event we are organising.
And with this concept it feels right to talk to the experts and get into the way people think, what goes on in the body when we experience life and how can we course correct the limiting beliefs and blockages that can hold us in states of anxiety, depression and fear and begin to trend upwards and strengthen our positives. So the first expert we have in is Damian Fearns, Trainer, coach and therapist, specialising in the Integral methodology and solutions focussed psycho therapy. Damian is on the co creation team for C.H.E. whilst working with global blue chip clients developing their teams to become more rounded as people to raise their individual and group performance.
We talk about how we get the best out of ourselves, how emotions are stored in the body and how traumatic experiences can leave us with an imprint of fear within our body that can hold us back unless recognised and skilfully removed.
This is a great listen, without the heavy jargon that can come with this world. And is a great listen for anyone interested in attending the C.H.E. For those who are interested, I would recommend this podcast, the Rewire Project podcast and also this weeks Thoughts on again with Damian but talking specifically about the C.H.E. screening process, why we are doing it, why it is important and how to approach it for best results.
Enjoy and as always let us know what you think. Oh and for more information on the C.H.E. hit the link in our instagram bio or visit our website and click the banner on the homepage.
Follow your passion and remember that everything has to be done to learn. Jamie Ramsay was like many of us, head down, following the footsteps of those around us and the conditioning of our environment but rarely make the leap into adventure for fear of the unknown. AS Jamie points out “the whole idea of adventure is that you have no idea what is going to happen, and that you overcome whatever challenges appear. That is what gives you the opportunity to grow and become.
As long as you’ve got your health, adventure is not a barrier. But you do need to look after yourself, keep the variety in what you do, resist the temptation to continually keep your head down. And most importantly pass on the learnings you discover to others through inspiration to do the same.
Reflecting on his podcast it was the idea that coming back and doing the work is the part that gives you the results, and that is a concept that we hear consistently from those who have achieved things that others admire and it is with first hand experience that has inspired the next leg of the weMove journey which is the Complete Human Experience or C.H.E. where we are bringing together the minds who have mentored Chris and myself with a group of like minded movers. This will be an 8-10 week program which begins with a 4 day immersive experience to share learn and discover what is holding back and more importantly the keys to unlock potential. In terms of what we set out to do with weMove this is it, giving back to others to experience their potential and support them to reach their potential.
If this is something you are interested in, click the banner on our website by going to wemove.world or wemovemagazine.com, complete the quick form and we will be in touch with the next stage of the screening process.
Enjoy
This weeks thoughts on comes from our recent site visit for our September event the Complete Human Experience. or C.H.E.
This is the next leg of the weMove journey where we are bring together the minds who have mentored Chris and myself with a group of like minded movers. This will be an 8-10 week program which begins with a 4 day immersive experience to share learn and discover what is holding you back and more importantly the keys to unlock potential. In terms of what we set out to do with weMove this is it, giving back to others to experience their potential and support them to reach their potential.
Think a blend of Ted Talks, Do Lectures, Secret Cinema wrapped up in adventure and movement.
If this is something you are interested in, click the banner on our website by going to wemove.world or wemovemagazine.com, complete the quick form and we will be in touch with the next stage of the screening process.
This weeks thoughts on we got in touch with Carl Faure about his experiences with building community and connection. Carls experience of this comes from starting the Stretch London yoga studios which have evolved over time to include yoga and movement, retreats and teacher training, that combine to create a very powerful, supportive and connected community who practice and teach there and further afield.
We featured Carl in our podcast series and he talked further about his focus on the importance of building community within a practice to raise the level for everyone involved whilst nurturing and including newcomers and beginners. And from our experience it works!
Thanks Carl, as always for your answers and for those who live in London or are passing through and are in need of a place to move with like minds then head over to Stretch on Broadway Market and get involved.
And have you registered for the Complete Human Experience? This is our inaugural symposium where we will be co creating with The Rewire Project an immersive experience taking you out of our comfort zones, and into a world of growth and learning to upgrade how you perform in your practice and beyond.
This isn’t like any retreat, festival or workshop out there, this is a culmination of the wisdom we have learned over the last 4 years from the worlds innovators in movement, health and adventure.
Register your interest by clicking the link in the bio or visit our website at weMove.world
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast, today we are with Tim and Jacko, the founders of the School of Calisthenics. I first met the guys when we were at the start of our respective journeys, weMove was just an idea, the School of Calisthenics was in embryonic stage and we met on the south coast with a bunch of aspiring and former athletes to learn the fundamentals of calisthenics under the tutelage of the guys.
With a background in professional Rugby and S&C coaching for Olympians they are no strangers to the physical demands and needs of the body but when they discovered calisthenics, they discovered a new way of moving and more importantly creating resilient bodies that can be injury free and fully rehabilitated from full on shoulder surgeries.
That combination sparked the idea for the School as a place for people to challenge their own limiting beliefs and as the guys call it “redefine your impossible”.
And that idea is where we connected back then with the idea that if we can collectively and individually inspire others to move then a world of possibilities will open up. It is not necessarily the goal to be able to hold a handstand or do a muscle up, because that comes with a purposeful practice over time. A quote springs to mind from Wayne Dyer “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
This is for weMove and the School the most exciting aspect of this growing interest in movement and health, it is a continuous journey of discovery into just what we as humans are capable of.
I see that as the greatest strength of Tim and Jacko, they have built a community based on an authenticity to get people to move and see just what they are capable of. And when that light is switched on in people, whilst being supported by like minds then the ceiling to what can be achieved is lifted.
So we cover a lot of ground, from their beginnings, how we as a group see movement and the challenges that brings for people evolving as they practice and also we go into a bit more depth on our event and program the Complete Human Experience.
This is our inaugural symposium where we will be co creating with The Rewire Project an immersive experience taking you out of our comfort zones, and into a world of growth and learning to upgrade how you perform in your practice and beyond.
This isn’t like any retreat, festival or workshop out there, this is a culmination of the wisdom we have learned over the last 4 years from the worlds innovators in movement, health and adventure.
And it won't be for everyone, this will go deep, about as deep as you can go. Hobbyists need no apply
Register your interest by clicking the link in the bio or visit our website at weMove.world
This weeks thoughts on we wanted to get into the nuts and bolts of the cold exposure we are so passionate about and we are fortunate enough to know Artur Paulins here in London. Artur is one of the first international teachers and instructors trained by Wim Hof and this ignited his interest in the power of the breath leading him to explore the various methods and modalities of breathing whilst integrating them with his work as a yoga teacher and movement coach. With a background in BJJ and the martial arts Artur is becoming a go to resource for breath and cold in London and beyond.
And have you registered for the Complete Human Experience? This is our inaugural symposium where we will be co creating with The Rewire Project an immersive experience taking you out of our comfort zones, and into a world of growth and learning to upgrade how you perform in your practice and beyond.
This isn’t like any retreat, festival or workshop out there, this is a culmination of the wisdom we have learned over the last 4 years from the worlds innovators in movement, health and adventure.
Register your interest by clicking the link in the bio or visit our website at weMove.world
This episode of Thoughts on with me and Chris are our musings on how getting in the cold water has created a community and sense of connection like no other. It connects with our conversations with Sophie Hellyer, Artur Paulins, Leo Daniel Ryan, Tony Molina and Jamie Wheal.
And have you registered for the Complete Human Experience? This is our inaugural symposium where we will be co creating with The Rewire Project an immersive experience taking you out of our comfort zones, and into a world of growth and learning to upgrade how you perform in your practice and beyond.
This isn’t like any retreat, festival or workshop out there, this is a culmination of the wisdom we have learned over the last 4 years from the worlds innovators in movement, health and adventure.
Register your interest by clicking the link in the bio or visit our website at weMove.world
This week we are back on UK soil and connecting with Sophie Hellyer, who we got to know through her love of the water, and in particular the cold water. Turns out she is also a surfer, activist, yogi and pretty much a complete weMover.
We met her in London and as you do we got in the ponds in Hampstead for a bit of cold followed by pancakes at out go to spot in Hampstead LLS café, first shown to us by another like mind Tony Riddle aka thenaturallifestylist.
With Sophie we talk about what it means to be living the movement life, peripatetic and accomplished at many things, but what we really spent time with was talking about the cold, how it seems to be drawing more people in, inspired by the Ice Man Wim Hof, Laird Hamilton and his crew with XPT, and also the eccentric British take on things which are the cold water lake swimmers which we also means us.
Sophie, through her yoga retreats introduces her yogis to the delights of cold water, the connection with the self and others that it has the habit of doing. From here we talk about her surfing past, how she is using her position of social media influence to share an honest take on things and generally living a healthy purpose driven life on the move.
And for those who have been inspired by the weMove podcasts we are hosting the first weMove Complete Human Experience from 26-29 September. The CHE is a 3 day residential experience where we bring together our weMove mentors featured on the podcast for an immersive experience for you to experience first hand, taking you out of our comfort zones, and into a world of growth and learning, challenging our perceptions and perspectives on health, training and performance.
For more information and to register your interest and receive information on applying for one of 70 places visit weMove.world and click the banner on the homepage.
Community is a big thing, it brings connections and more importantly it is the glue that binds the people together to create something truly special. We talk about Deuce Gym a lot, but it is a place where people are drawn together to share, learn, and experience fitness and the power of community.
It was through Deuce that we met todays guest on the podcast. Sal Masakela. Sal is one of the pioneers in connecting the wider world to the world of action sports through Transworld sport and later the X Games.
He sums up the power of training to create a way of living and how he is training for life when he moves and we chat about dealing with life changing and inevitable episodes in our lives that lead us to reassessing how we have been in order to become who we are.
There are many parallels in this podcast with others we’ve recorded with who have experienced the deep connection with movement, transformation and seeking a truth in being themselves.
Welcome to another episode from our Thoughts on series. For those of you who have listened to The Rewire Project episode you might remember that Tony talks about the way to create adaptation in the body in physical, and other ways is to directly stimulate the brain, hence the name Rewire Project.
Now this doesn’t require a bunch of electrodes into the brain and some Cold War era experiment and that leads us to this episode, way back before weMove became what it is I was introduced to a couple of osteopaths who started to switch me on to working with the body in order to optimise its function. One of the two osteos was and is Troy Bradley, who based in Brighton has worked worked with top flights sports people to give them boosts in performance that almost seem like magic. The sessions I had I experienced the effects of visual acuity practices and restoring connection in the body to our sensory input of hands, feet, eyes and skin. My balance improved, my imbalances and slight twists in the body caused by years of neglect whilst running, climbing and just generally pushing through rather than listening to my body and what it was telling me.
I caught up with Troy at his practice in Brighton and we had a conversation about a few of the topics Chris and I had with Tony in LA the centre of which were that the input we give our brains determines the quality of the output in movement, thought and all areas of our lives. And in turn by improving the quality of the input we can improve our output of all of these.
The sound quality of my voice is a little distant as we only had one mic and it turned into more of a conversation, however the ideas and thoughts Troy gave were too rich to hold back, so you might have to listen a bit closer for my voice but the gold is with Troy.
This week in our Thoughts on podcast we get the low down on the increasingly popular breathwork modality. From the Wim Hof method, BUteyko, Inspirational breathing, pranayama there are many techniques and coaches popping up all over. But what does each one do, are they different and what do you look for when going to a breathwork teacher, a class or wanting to chose the right one for you?
We have been fortunate enough to speak to many breath expert, coaches and teachers and following from @_brianmackenzie podcast “Breath is Life” we contacted our good friend @iamleodaniel the Irish health and breathwork coach who has more experience with using breath to heal debilitating conditions than most and well connected with Brian, Wim etc.
Leo takes us through the differences of the breathing techniques, what to look for to get the most from your experience and also the rarely talked about effects of breathwork which can range from boosting performance to releasing deep held trauma within the body.
We are all breathing, yet no one has told us how to breath efficiently and get the most out of what we are born with to optimise ourselves every day. We recommend listening to this if you are interested in starting a breathwork practice, boosting performance or wanting to boost your immune system.
This weeks episode is with Jeremy Brook, aka SpineChecker. We are talking health, but not in the way of what to eat to be healthy.
Health is the underlying reason why we move these days, it isn’t so much to escape predators and yet so many people walk around in a sub optimal state of health, hovering just north of being ok with no obvious illness, condition or worse.
Health comes down to a personal philosophy and paradigm. Are you pro active or reactive in your approach to health? Most people are ok with being one step above zero. Our bodies as we are learning more and more tell us exactly what we need to know about how we are running.
Whether we listen, want to listen or take the time to check in with ourselves is another matter. Today we catch up with Jeremy Brook who me met in the tight knit community that is Deuce Gym in LA.
He goes by the moniker on instagram as Spinechecker and yes he looks after not just the spine but the entire body as a forward thinking chiropractor. And following in the path of the conversations we have had with Tony Molina of the Rewire Project, Lindsey Mathews at Birthfit, there is more to the body than just what we see.
Jeremy sees the body as an interconnected network, where the muscles in our body between 6-800 depending on our make up can be considered 1, whilst our skeletal system floats amongst these and fascia weaves its way through everything. Understanding that the body is a whole changes the way health is approached, nothing is in isolation and everything is connected.
There are many more health wizards we want to speak with to continue the connection of dots for us all to become inquisitive and really get the most out of what we are born with. As Jeremy says we are 100% potential it just needs to be activated.
This week in thoughts on we are talking Process Or The process as we hear it.
These two words conceal a world of reflection and adaptation in our approach to achieving our goals. In terms of application sport is a great analogy for many of us. The often short-sighted approach to sport is to focus on the outcome exclusively. Winning. Yet this approach will challenge us if chased without respect for how to get there and that is the process. The physical, mental and spiritual approach to realising potential which for a growing number of athletes and movers we speak to is the holy grail by which they measure their performance and progress.
We catch up with Caroline Burckle, swimmer and Olympic medallist in the Beijing 2008 olympics. Olympic medal winning is from the outside the pinnacle and job done for an athlete but as we hear from Caro the way we approach is the key. These conceptual frameworks can often be challenging to grasp, requiring consistent sincere practice to integrate them in our daily lives but when they are there, as with anything practiced in this way they become stronger and stronger.
You can follow Caro @caroburckle and her company Rise @riseathletes an athlete mentoring program connecting the new generation with seasoned pros who guide them forward.
This week we share our conversation with Brian Mackenzie.
Brian is part of a select group of coaches who were involved in the early days of Crossfit and beyond. Brian has dabbled in ultra endurance events and worked with his a wife Erin Cafaro MacKenzie a two time Olympic Gold Medalist in Rowing on preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.More recently he has become heavily involved in the importance of breathing for performance and as a byproduct health. He is working with some of the worlds leading athletes whilst researching and developing protocols to harness the benefits of breathing for boosting performance.
What strikes a chord with Chris and I are the philosophical nature of Brian and others in his position. I am not sure if developing an understanding of the mechanics of breathing and its benefits creates this or simply a matter of time in the game. Most likely both.
Having worked with some of the worlds best to achieve the impossible, Brian has a unique view of the world and takes this approach to his research and coaching.
His interest lies in the principles of performance rather than the dogma of a specific practice, his goal is to understand just what this being (our bodies) are capable of and breathing is a direct measure of this.
As we witness a boom in the number of breathing coaches around the world, it interests us that there are many different methods which people align themselves to and often as is the case with most things, believe their way is the best way. Yet there is no right way, other than following your own path combined with an understanding of the principles and this goes for breath.
When we understand the principles, are open to learn and able to learn and in the same breath unlearn our old ideas, that is freedom and that freedom unlocks our potential. As always this life is a process, and you have to have skin in the game to make the progress you know you can make.
There are some gems in this one, so have your notebooks ready and enjoy.
You can follow Brian @_brianmackenzie and his program @powerspeedendurance
Hey there and welcome to Thoughts On, the short form weMove podcast where we expand on themes from our weekly podcast topic. This time reflecting on our conversation with Lindsey Mathews the founder of BIrthfit here we talke about the Complete Human experience that is birth, how we can support mothers to give birth and transition forward with this next level of strength that women have.
To get another perspective we asked Sophie Whippy who is experiencing the motherhood transition from all angles as co founder of Londons Stretch Yoga studios, a doula herself and mum to two great young dudes on her experience as a mum, a yoga teacher and a doula.
There is so much we as a culture have to learn in many areas and certainly as a guy and now a father, I want to understand more about the motherhood transition to share via this platform and increase the conversation amongst women and men about how to celebrate the strength of the human body.
You can follow sophie on instagram @sophiewhippy and @stretch_london
Hey there, welcome to the weMove podcast.
Something a little different but related to the year that we, well I had. This one is about the power of birth, the epic adventure it is and was very timely as I became a dad a 6 weeks before hand.
Watching my partner give birth to our boy, the lead up to it, the act of it and the post birth or post partum has taken me on a wild ride and that’s just my experience, let alone that of my partner. Truly amazing and as life unfolds we are discovering many practices and people creating support networks for the act of birth and beyond and that leads us today.
We are in conversation with Lindsey Matthews a doctor of chiropractic, birth doula, NLP practitioner, and strength and conditioning coach and founder of Birthfit. The brainchild of Lindse,y Birthfit is an eco system of all things birth prep and beyond termed by Lindsey and the team as the motherhood transition.
Birthfit is a movement, an approach to birth, a state of readiness and a support team with a mission to cultivate awareness and enhance education throughout the motherhood transition by developing and producing experiences through in person classes, and distance learning so that a woman has the space to make her own informed, intuitively guided choices.
Having been present at the birth of my son and earlier the death of my father, the way we talk about the start and end of our lives is not talked about enough, not in a morbid or icky kind of way. But instead an informed celebration of these two phases of our lives which have profound echoes beyond for the family unit.
Chris and I are sold on the power of Birthfit having met Lindsey and some of her team who are all powerhouses in their own right and just brilliant people doing super important work. I love this conversation, its different to the last few weeks and at the same time another dot on the journey to a complete human experience.
Follow birthfit at birthfit.com and @birthfit on insta. If you know of any mums and dads to be, this might be useful. Enjoy.
Today in our thoughts on we speak to Lindsey Mathews the founder of Birthfit, doctor of chiropractic, doula, NLP practitioner and S&C coach on how she uses reflection to move her ideas and process forward.
We will be speaking to Lindsey next week in our main podcast, and thought it the right time to ask her about her daily reflection process that she posts as her Coffee Talk series on her instagram stories daily. Posing questions and thoughts for others to reflect on to support them in their process.
You can follow Lindsey on instagram @lindsey_k_mathews
Today in our thoughts on series we pick up on the concept of reflection spoken about in our time with Ron Kauk and a strong theme amongst all those we are meeting. Taking time to look at your past, present and future honestly and without judgement. The latter part being a real challenge as we, that is movers tend to be quite alpha in personality and want to constantly make progress.
The purpose of reflection is to turn around, look how far we have come and take that forward. So we speak to an ascendant movement specialist Wil Brown. First spotted him on insta as I was working out handstands and things and he was heading to Australia to explore movement culture. Its been great to hang out a few time with Wil, incredibly accomplished already in his early twenties and yet super humble with an enormous appetite to learn.
NO surprise and also quite surprising for his age, he uses the process of reflection during his coaching sessions and for his personal development to integrate the thoughts and emotions with the physical practice.
You can follow Wil on instagram @wbrown7
Today we are with the Yosemite climber Ron Kauk. Ron pushed the limits of climbing in Yosemite during the ascendance of the sport and paved the way to some extent of what we see now inspiring climbers of our generation Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold to create the next level of what is possible on the soaring granite walls of Yosemite and the wider world.
Chris and I met Ron 3 years ago by chance. He was giving a talk in Yosemite on the few days we were there and as we sat there listening to his ideas of nature, how it has changed and what climbing has taught him about how to be a complete human we turned to each other and said we have got to spend a bit more time with Ron. WE hung out with him and featured him in Issue 1 alongside the lessons from Yosemite which we learned in our 3 day trip.
Well that was 3 years ago and on our again impromptu stop of in Yosemite we sent him a text to see if he was around for a coffee. He was and we spent the rest of the day talking from daylight to darkness and wished we had recorded it!
There is a shared connection when we talk to Ron, climbing brought us together but it is how he sees the world as a result of climbing, what he has experienced in terms of highs and lows that we hold space for because it is an opportunity to learn and share wisdom from someone who has been up to the top, seen the view, come down and then asked himself what the next step is. For Ron it became a journey of giving back through Sacred Rok the educational program sharing his experience with the younger generations to connect with their inner wisdom. Serving others and giving back being a practice we hear regularly from the people we sit with.
The big takeaway for me is the importance of rites of passage, how we have to pay our dues, work through the levels and the instability that is often a result of hacking our way through the process, becoming our best takes time and practice and the more you practice with purpose the more progress will be made. Culture, instagram, the media pushes the idea of always being the best and yet rarely talks about what it takes to get there and the stages that the idols pass through in order to achieve their status.
There are so many parallels with the conversations we have had with Jamie Wheal, Tony Molina and Arthur Joseph, Brian Mackenzie and beyond that strengthens the case for the essential principles of being a complete human, mainly that there are steps to take and if you skip the steps you will most likely have to return to take them so best to be fearless and take them as they come.
Enjoy the conversation with Ron, let us know your thoughts and it would be great if you follow us on our youtube channel weMove world and our instagram page @wemovemagazine.
This week in EQUIP we hear from the man behind So We Flow, the yoga brand for men with movement in mind.
We met Jake in 2018 when he was launching the brand and in the yoga world what he was doing felt rather unique. Simple workwear styles for men who do yoga. So simple in fact that that is their genius and their pants are some of the best climbing pants we have had and not a purple in sight.
Like the brand itself, Jake is super mellow, straight forward and a pleasure to talk to, even though we did this Q&A remotely.
See more of what they do on soweflow.com
As we start the new round of podcasts exploring the ideas of a Complete Human Experience, this podcast with Arthur Joseph, founder of Vocal Awareness and is the third in the series post after Jamie Wheal's. We talk about the ideas which jumped out at us during the conversation with Arthur and connect it back in to where we are heading with weMove.
Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast.
This next podcast was initially out of left field.
Our voice is unique to us and often is hidden behind a version of ourselves we think the world wants to see. When we are not ourselves, our voice changes and when we discover our true voice then we step into our self, becoming heard by others and able to communicate clearly the ideas we have and the person we truly are.
We were introduced Arthur Joseph the leading vocal coach in the US quite possibly the world and founder of the Vocal Awareness methodology.
During the conversation we were pretty quiet and when we did speak, Arthur would coach us much like the conductor of an orchestra, and there is a point where the sound I make when I speak does not sound like me, it didn’t feel like my normal self, instead something much calmer and more assured. Very strange and yet enough for me to felt he effect of developing how I communicate with myself and others.
The connection for us with the people we are meeting is the connection with the breath. Physical performance is all well and good but we interact with others in more ways than physical and our ability to communicate clearly with others will propel us further forward in how we live than simply how fit we are. Sure there are all the breathwork practices which talk about physical performance and health and longevity which are great, but the breath is also the critical tool in how we speak and we only learn in a monkey see monkey do kind of way.
Arthurs clients read like a complete who’s who from Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger to Karim Abdul Jabar, and countless NFL and NBA hall of famers aswell as regular folk just like us and that is why this is special. We all have a voice and when we know how to use it and what it is capable of then the world opens up because we can connect rather than conflict with others.
As with all these practices, choosing the ones to practice is the skilful part, but how we use our voice might just be the next step in this complete human experience we are living.
For more information on Arthur, go to our website and follow the links from his podcast.
This week in Thoughts on, we ask our cold water compadre and natural movement specialist Tony Riddle aka The Natural Lifestylist about movement and the play state. The thoughts on series is a result of wanting to go a little deeper and gain another perspective on themes which emerge from the main weekly podcast and this comes from our pod with Tony Molina founder of the Rewire project. Who said that the fundamental with people wanting to move is that they simply cannot very well. And that is the foundation and starting point for everything we do. It might sound like we are in two different places during this podcast and that’s because we are. Using the power of technology to connect the weMove world together. We record these not as a conversation but as a series of emailed questions the guest records the answers to in the comfort of their own home. Follow tony @thenaturallifestylist
As we start the new round of podcasts exploring the ideas of a Complete Human Experience, this podcast with The Rewire Projects Tony Molina is the second in the series post after Jamie Wheal's. We talk about the ideas which jumped out at us during the conversation with Tony Wheal and connect it back in to where we are heading with weMove.
We ask Logan Gelbrich founder of Deuce Gym and Captain of the process, on his thoughts on how our ego can hinder our performance and sabotage the path to performance and with that in mind what we can do to get the ego out of the way to do what we actually want to do which is improve and move forward. This episode of Thoughts on follows the Finding Flow podcast with Jamie Wheal as we pondered and chatted with listeners on the often blind obsession that can come with finding flow and being our best. Usually a result of our ego getting in the way. It might sound like we are in two different places during this podcast and that’s because we are. Using the power of technology to connect the weMove world together. We record these not as a conversation but as a series of emailed questions the guest records the answers to in the comfort of their own home. Follow logan @functionalcoach
Following on from Finding Flow with Jamie Wheal we bring you the second podcast from our California and Texas trip, this time with the guy who has changed our ideas on fitness and health more than any other.
We describe him to others as a real life Jason Bourne, Tony Molina, founder of the Rewire Project began life in Marine Reconnaisance, endured more than most crossing countries at speed and then found himself wanting to understand more about his own physical performance in order to support others to get out there rather than watch vicariously on a screen.
The Rewire Project his boutique health and fitness space looks like no other gym we have set foot in, there are no free weights, no tredmills or rowing machines, and yet here you will boost your systemic health, increase your performance and develop the skills to do things that you never perhaps thought you would, getting out of your comfort zone and making the choice whether to thrive or survive.
In fact the testing workout which Tony had us do was probably the most intense session we have done, the run we then went on with him gave us a rude awakening in to how inefficiently we breath through our nose and set us on a direct course to become more physically and psychologically prepared for the world around us, and eager to continue to rewire our brains and bodies to get the most out of what we were born with.
The podcast covers the routes to good health, what is happening in the paradigm of health and fitness and why the old paradigm of diet and exercise that has been engrained in our culture is missing one vital part which is holding us back from moving forward. Our ability to Adapt.
So much of the research that we are reading and hearing about focuses on the brain, how we can develop our brain to reduce injury, illness and boost strength, ability and much more. It is the driver to everything we do and yet the last part to be worked on.
In our session with Tony before the podcast, he had taken us through a new method called Postural Alignment which connects the information the eyes see and the feet feel to give a clearer picture to the brain as to what needs to be done. Within five minutes our aching joints and symptoms of historical injuries had disappeared and our strength had increased, without lifting weights and with no painkillers. It has to be experienced or at least seen to be believed but these are techniques which the right osteopath, physio and trainer can learn and incorporate into their treatments and for us regular folk, learn and practice in our daily lives.
In Tony’s words we survive best when we are a little bit cold and a little bit hungry.
Get your notebook ready and enjoy what you are about to hear.
Equip with Aiguille Alpine.
Equip is the weMove way of sharing brands we think you might like to know about if you need to get ready for getting out there. Today we introduce the man behind Aiguille Alpine the UK made bag brand for climbers and adventurers.
Thoughts on the Finding Flow podcast with James & Chris.
As we start the new round of podcasts exploring the ideas of a Complete Human Experience, the Finding Flow podcast with Jamie Wheal marks the start. We talk about the ideas which jumped out at us during the conversation with Jamie Wheal and connect it back in to where we are heading with weMove.
Thoughts on Intrinsic motivation with Tom Foxley, founder of Mindset RX’d.
Exploring the idea of intrinsic motivation from the Finding Flow podcast with Jamie Wheal. We speak with Tom Foxley, founder of Mindset RX’d the the functional fitness world's first scalable, learnable system to master the Inner Athlete.
Can you remember the last time you were in the zone? Where you forgot completely about what you were doing, time both stood still and flew by and you felt like you could carry on without stopping?
Well that experience is known as Flow or the Flow State, and it can be accessed at will when you understand how and even more so it can create a way of living which provides a level up from the daily grind.
As we explore in this weeks podcast with Jamie Wheal, founder of the leading research and experience facility the Flow Genome Project. The Flow State whilst a high performance mind “technology” can, if used inappropriately create a true disconnection with our ability as human beings in whatever we do. We cover a huge range of topics that connect being in the Flow; Burning Man, Psychedelics, action sports, the masculine and feminine, death and rebirth and much more.
A big thanks to Rich Husseiny for connecting us, and of course Jamie Wheal and the Flow Genome team.
This weeks pod is brought to you from the heart of Venice, Los Angeles. One of our go to places when we are in California. We have been fortunate enough to be introduced to a great group of individuals out there who are all exploring and innovating within the movement, health and adventure space.
This recording is with one of the leaders in the gym culture space, Logan Gelbrich. This is Logans second appearance on the weMove podcast and for those who don’t know him, Logan is a former pro baseball athlete, turned innovator and entrepreneur with a mission to create a gym whose culture, accelerates the development of the individuals who go, be they the coaching team or the active user.
Overtime we set foot in Deuce, there is a work ethic and focus running through everyone there. How much you lift, push, pull is irrelevant, the real marker of success we see and take inspiration from is the obsession with the process of improvement and the unrelenting dedication to show up take the necessary steps to move forward.
The by product of this attention and focus on the process invariably creates transformation in people, physically and mentally which filters throughout all areas of their lives based on the conversations we have had.
So this pod is about the process, focussing on only what is in our actual control and honing this, because the process will take us where we want to go.
You can follow logan on instagram @functionalcoach and @deuce_gym
This weeks’ podcast is with Chris Luera, aka Tatted Strength.
We first met Chris in 2017 when we were putting together the feature with him that appears in Issue 2. We hung out with him for an hour or so in the Sunshine of Muscle Beach LA listening to Chris’ incredible story. When we knew we would be back in that part of the world, we wanted to honour that story but putting it down on tape so to speak. We thought we knew what was coming, but we didn’t! We knew an outline of his story and not the fine details which is what you’re about to hear.
To give you a slight inkling, Chris is now the 3 x middleweight WCO calisthenics world champion. Yet, he was born a drug addict from a mother who was also born to a drug addict. Chris himself was using drugs and in gangs in his early teenage years fed by the mindset of ‘I am who I am because of where I come from’. This led Chris by the time he was in his early 20’s to having already served 10 years in and out of various prison establishments.
Listening to Chris talk at the time and re-listening to this podcast there are many subjects and tales that it’s simply hard to comprehend, yet one of the subjects that he comes back to time and time again is the love his adopted mother (his grand aunt by birth) showed him throughout his life, having adopted him as a three year old. It was ultimately that love that gave Chris the inspiration for getting to where he is today. And where Chris is today, is not only as a world champion, but also a man in service to the kid he once was, going into schools to connect and talk to those kids, to use his own words, ‘my mission is to help as many as I can’.
This weeks podcast is the recording of a conversation we had with Tommy Caldwell at the start of 2017. The short story behind this conversation is that we had a received an advance copy of Tommy’s book ’The Push’, had been blown away by it and had then found out he would be in Fountain Blu, a five hours drive away us, a few months later and would be available to co-create a feature with us for issue 2.
For those of you who don’t know, Tommy is the legendary climber who back in 2015 became more widely known through his first ascent of the Dawn Wall, of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. This is widely regarded as one of the hardest climbs in the world and became worldwide headline news, but is only the tip of the iceberg in his achievements and life experiences. There’s the being kidnapped at gunpoint in the remote Ak Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan almost 20 years ago, the speed record on El Cap and various other climbing achievements throughout his career, the loss of one of his fingers in a sawing accident and a whole lot more. There’s also general conversation about fear, motivations, and the evolution of his life and career in this conversation.
The recording represents well how we spend time with people. Listening back, it sounds like a gentle relaxed conversation between friends. It was recorded in the back garden of the AirBNB Tommy and his family were staying at. The birds are singing in the background, the sun was shining down hard, croissants on the table. We had brought friend Jules St Gerome with us; Jules being the focus of the micro adventure feature we had in the Japanese alps in Issue 1. Jules and Tommy share common ground over loss of flesh and so there’s some pondering and reflective moments in here.
As we gear up to the podcasts of our last US trip we are putting out 3 conversations that complete Issue 2 and lead into 2019 and the movement revolution that is gathering pace.
This week we release the conversation with Jonny Paskowitz (@jonnysurfer). Second eldest in the legendary Paskowitz surf family.
Their tale is like an extended Huckleberry Finn, an entire family of 11 living in a camper van, travelling the US surfing daily, competing and living by the laws of nature, lead by their father Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz.
We got to know of Jonny through a friend of ours and a chance encounter with “Doc’s" book "Surfing and Health - Live long live well”, where Doc laid out a manifesto for living to out potential, preceding much of the wellness and health boom that we re surrounded by today.
Quite the forward thinker under Docs philosophy of “Eat clean, live clean, surf clean”, the kids were introduced to the ocean and made to surf every day as soon as they could swim. Jonny’s tales are equally engaging from of moving to Israel as a young teen, sleeping under a boat on the beach, whilst surfing as by day and in clubs by night.
To wrap up the year, we run down on the year we have had, and what a year it has been. It started strong with the new issue which has nearly all sold out, and finished with the launch of this podcast and also a trip to the US to gather more knowledge from minds and bodies who are leading the fields of movement, health and development. We ramble a bit as there is so much we can get excited about, but this one is a short one and we highlight our favorite podcasts of the season and where we are heading for 2019. Enjoy.
Today on the show we have Nathaniel Cole, co-founder of London based Swim Dem Crew.
Swim Dem are an inner-city swim club who believe in the power of community, and who found their roots and mentorship in Charlie Dark’s Run Dem Crew.
As with Charlie’s running crew, Nathaniel and his co-founders are providing a no pressure community based space, focused around a movement practice that allows everyone to simply be themselves.
What we hear in this podcast is the reoccurring theme of Nathaniel’s long held desire of wanting to help people firstly when he talks to us about all things Swim Dem Crew, and secondly when he tells us about his charity work with youth males exploring their masculinity.
It’s easy to see parallel’s between the Swim Dem and Run Dem Crews, and clearly between Nathaniel and Charlie. The world certainly benefits from both of these people and their community creations.
The rise in boutique gyms gives each owner the opportunity to express their perspective of movement and fitness with the clientele that frequent the space. Stepping through the industrial garage doors at Barbers you notice that a good amount of the space is taken up with what can only be described as beautiful climbing installation.
Darrens background into this world started with board sports, which led onto a career in strength and conditioning, with the goal of getting people ready to get more from their physical performance and life in general. Getting outside and putting your gains to the test. This is where the climbing wall comes in and puts Barbers firmly at the intersection of the training facility for people that are wanting to add dimensions to their practice, be they seasoned athletes or raw beginners from climbing, or another practice.
This isn’t the largest wall in the world but biggest isn’t always best. Inspired by Mark Twight @wfmft and his, at the time ground breaking Gym Jones ideas and his latest work of RAZE and Dissect podcast (worth checking out). This is more like the underground venue that when you know, you know.
Stepping off the treadmill takes great courage, requiring a strong sense of belief that the future can and will be greater than what has gone before. Carl Paoli, movement specialist, coach and author felt just this. One of CrossFits rising stars back in the day and with all the trappings of success Carl felt unfulfilled and knew his path was to be different than the one he was on. Taking his approach to becoming an Olympic level gymnast and the runaway success of CrossFit, Carl has created a way of looking at the world and how we live amongst it with his book, business and seminars.
We are living in a world where we over fill our mind and expect it to operate optimally. We have become disconnected from people and connection as we push, hustle and struggle forward. This approach takes its toll and it was the experience of James Routledge the founder of Sanctus the mental health startup with the goal to put a mental health gym on every high street, because the problems we are facing can be prevented.
This week we are talking with Matt Barr the host of undoubtedly the best action sports podcast out there. In true English style, Matt's approach puts the legends of the game in a good space to talk about the real behind the scenes. It's good to share what things keep us listening and learning and Looking Sideways is a podcast that does just that. Enjoy.
Episode 24 features the creative force behind BLOK, the movement/fitness studios who are rewriting the rule book.
Half the battle for many people to move is wanting to go, perhaps the answer is to go over and above what people expect using design and imagery to do that. Enter Max Oppenheim artist, photographer, creative director and visionary who has created spaces you want to be in and actually don’t want to leave.
We talk with Max about his art and photography background, how that shoes his view of the world and the goal for BLOK to raise the game for the spaces we move in.
Tonight we will be hosted by Ozone Coffee Roasters in their East London space as part of the Sustinere evenings, celebrating ideas on sustainability. And it feels fitting to have this weeks episode with the duo behind the London venue James & Lizzie Gurr who ventured from New Zealand to create a space where community can build both within the team and amongst its customers. Movement is in a different form as you listen, but covers thousands of miles into the unknown of London’s hospitality scene. And the link with weMove? In issue 2 we featured Joe O’Connell, Ozone's head chef talking about teams, connecting with food and getting back to basics.
Richie Norton aka @thestrengthtemple is back. In conversation with Chris, they discuss his passion for supporting others and spreading the message that movement and connection of our mind and body will boost health and wellbeing.
Richie will be speaking at the @ozonecoffee Sustinere event alongside James from weMove, Karen Newby and Kat Pither. Buy your tickets quick!
The nature of the weMove podcasts are to create a space where our guests feel comfortable to talk about the drivers behind their practice and purpose, because the steps leading up to the results are where the lessons live. This episode we talk with Kat Pither, entrepreneur and founder of the Yogi Bare brand about her recovery from addiction and eating disorder, leading to her discovery of yoga and from there a greater connection with her self and her strength leading to the creation of Yogi Bare, democratising the yoga mat with no compromise to quality, performance and purpose.
Nutrition and being healthy is often seen as a mine field when in fact it is a journey of discovery. Trends and fads of the latest super food come and they go, leaving us confused as to whether it is still good for us. As we explore with nutritionist/nutritional therapist Karen Newby (founder of @alchemysuperblends) when we understand that the fundamental principles combined with our individual make up our health can become an ever increasing experience of a superior state of wellbeing.
How do you discover movement? How do you get started with this movement world? A question we are regularly asked, and our response is to simply, begin. In this weeks episode we are in conversation with Mills, founder of creative agency UsTwo, UsTwo Adventure and the hit game Monument Valley, and who has done just that, with both feet first.
From leading the charge of building a business and the concept of success, Mills has begun on the journey to good health with the same excitement and drive as at the beginning of UsTwo. Like a pinball machine we cover ground from mental health, animal flow, ultra running and relationships with others when we go through a process of change and development.
Full of energy from start to finish, this is a call to those who want to get going with a new phase of their journey.
What can nature teach us about movement, training and our health? Pretty much everything we need, yet we live in a man made environment surrounded by barriers which keep us at a distance from the environment which makes us truly thrive. This weeks episode we spend talking to Tony Riddle aka The Natural Lifestylist. Tony has transcended his former years as a personal trainer, pilates instructor, barefoot running advocate and is now bringing a connected approach to training, health and longevity by bringing his clients closer to their biological norms, harmonising the modern lifestyle with a more natural approach to living and moving. Tony and his family are based in London and share many similarities with other proponents of the natural movement culture which is growing around the world such as Erwan Le Corre, Lee Saxby, and many others. We cover a fair bit of ground in this episode from health, child development, plant medicine, posture, pilates and running form to his new project advising property developers on how to integrate nature with working environments to create a more harmonious balance of the urban world and nature. There are some real gems throughout which is best started with the question to you “how many hours have you spent outside today?”.
This weeks episode is something a little different. Charlie Dark turns the mics on the founders of weMove, James & Chris. They talk about their previous lives running record labels and fashion brands to what made them decide to turn their backs and pursue something that back then was happening on the fringes and is now becoming more in the spotlight, that thing being movement. Connecting a community that is looking for a new way to express themselves without being labelled as one thing or another. Charlie is always a great host and conversationalist, inquisitive and passionate about what makes people tick Enjoy the show.
This episode we bring you 3 conversations from Exhale Festival. Each one is around the 25 minute mark. We cover calisthenics and movement with Tristan Kobayashi, breathing as a tool for healing with Nicola Price and the relationship our bodies have with movement and the world around us with Marc Acquaviva.
All 3 were recorded live at Exhale Festival this August Bank Holiday in the South Downs National Park England.
This episode we bring you 3 conversations from Exhale Festival. Each one is around the 25 minute mark. We cover calisthenics and movement with Tristan Kobayashi, breathing as a tool for healing with Nicola Price and the relationship our bodies have with movement and the world around us with Marc Acquaviva.
All 3 were recorded live at Exhale Festival this August Bank Holiday in the South Downs National Park England.
This episode we bring you 3 conversations from Exhale Festival. Each one is around the 25 minute mark. We cover calisthenics and movement with Tristan Kobayashi, breathing as a tool for healing with Nicola Price and the relationship our bodies have with movement and the world around us with Marc Acquaviva.
All 3 were recorded live at Exhale Festival this August Bank Holiday in the South Downs National Park England.
Today on the show we are in conversation with the GB Snowsports team, strength, conditioning and performance coach Rich Husseiny. Rich takes us through his journey from finding his feet in this twenties, to coaching Olympic teams whilst adjusting to his mothers terminal cancer condition and his facing the death of someone so close. Whilst we culturally shy away from this inevitable end, Rich dealt with the grief head on, leading him to discover amongst other things the concept of Flow, which is the elusive hyper focussed mental state where senses of time and space are lost. A feeling that his extreme sports athletes experience regularly.
Paleta Calm Quality is a dance Maverick who caught our attention in the Nike x FKA Twigs video. On screen Paleta has a mystery and an innate sense of movement. The podcast delved behind the moves and took us on a journey of healing disease within the body, facing fears and connecting with the mind and bodies inbuikt guidance system called intuition. Each episode takes the ideas and concepts to a new level and with Paleta we have just gone somewhere we haven't been before.
Charlie Dark is becoming a movement polyglot. Taking his message of connectivity and inclusivity to communities who would never have given a second look to ideas out of their line of sight. Founder of Run Dem Crew, one of the instigators of the running crew phenomenon which took running off the track and to the streets, turning DJs, creatives and the youth to the joy of 'pushing the earth down with your feet'. Now Charlie is taking to yoga and climbing with the same idea. As with all Charlie's movements, this isn't about idolising others this is about realising the individuals who come together. Charlie crystalizes the belief that together weMove.
Gymnast, climber, Yogi and Astro physicist Tiffany Soi has had a life of reaching dizzying heights with tenacious focus. With ups come downs and Tiffany has experienced both with highs too many to mention and lows which are best termed burn out. Tiffany does what many don't and talks openly about the ups and downs, the importance of a balanced and connected approach to movement and health.
Freedom is where we experience ourselves most fully and connect with others. Carl Faure cut his teeth in the electronic music and club scene of the late 90’s early 00’s which gave the generation at the time spaces to seek liberation and freedom from the world around them, leading ultimately to a disconnection with himself. We talk with Carl about the connection between the club scene and the yoga scene, that changing face of the practice and what it means to him and his ideas on Carls passionate and relaxed approach to the practice of yoga, and how he creates a connection much like the music he made back in the day. With his Stretch yoga studios in East London, they are fast becoming a new counter culture and space for like minds to connect and share movement experiences in.
Erwan Le Corre, founder of MovNat caught up with weMove in London on a flying visit to host the MovNat Masterclass. On the surface MovNat appears to be a method for the ‘wild men and women’, delving deeper into the method it has applications across all areas of our lives. Erwan and his team are true role models for the method. Connected to themselves and the bigger picture of how they and we are here to be strong to be helpful.
This week weMove catches up with pro tennis player Nicole Gibbs, in the middle of Wimbledon fortnight. We cover life on the pro tour, keeping a cool head when winning or losing and the impact of process on improving performance. Nicole is great to talk to, being both strong and engaging. You should know Nicole Gibbs.
Logan Gelbrich Former Pro Baseball player and founder of Deuce Gym in LA joins the podcast to talk about leadership, comfort zones and how the fitness industrys idea of fitness is in opposition to the world of professional sport which places an emphasis on the result rather than the process. As Logan highlights the the process driven human will over time hands down triumph over the results focussed human. Logan and the rest of the team which make up Deuce are leading the renaissance in ways the fitness space can create better people.
In this episode we catch up with Richie Norton (@thestrengthtemple). Growing up in the Middle East as a “Mowgli” esque kid, before heading back to school in England at 7 years of age, fitting in was always a little restrictive. Rugby provided the outlet for physical expression leading Richie to New Zealand, where the real education began. Richie takes us on a whirlwind journey from then to now as he develops the ideas learned from some of the worlds leading athletes across a wide range of pursuits. Light hearted and energetic, Richie is a pleasure to have on the show.
What have yoga and David Bowie got in common? Naomi Absalom is not the archetype of a yoga teacher, yet she embodies the spirit of yoga to her core. During our conversation we learn how Naomi is delving deep into her own yoga practice to navigate the pain caused by Neuralgia, connecting mind, body and breath and putting herself outside the gates of the commercialised yoga practices we have in the West. We hear about her previous career as successful music PR leading to her ego stripping time spent in an Indian Ashram with a backdrop of the teachings of her inspiration David Bowie.
Relaxed conversation with Irish health performance coach, Leo Daniel Ryan. From his history of curing his chronic asthma to running a marathon with his mouth taped shut and alternative ideas to training, Leo’s insights into health, wellbeing and performance are inextricably linked with how we see the world.
On the beaches of Tulum Mexico we caught up with Cyrill Gutsch, maverick founder of the innovative catalyst platform, Parley for The Oceans. This is movement in the sense of ideas and perspectives, the power of collective thinking to reinvent plastic, save the oceans and in turn save our planet. There is no dogma, only passion, ideas and inspiration.
Breathing is fundamental to life. It powers our performance in every area of our life, from sport to health. Rob Wilson co Founder of The Art of Breath with Brian Mackenzie are on a mission to democratize the concepts and methods of breathing to empower and enhance performance for the regular human to the elite athlete.